Working towards keeping the night skies dark!

Even before the light bulb, societies have been artificially illuminating the night time. Our lighting of the night sky has begun to negatively affect the nocturnal environment in significant ways.

On April 16th 2009, MD of Foothills Council provided three readings to the Dark Sky Bylaw. This has been a significant step in achieving the vision and goals of the municipality's Dark Sky Initiative. In addition to the Bylaw, educational resources such as this webpage continue to be provided by the municipality in order that our residents and businesses may work towards a pollution free night sky.

The world picture...

Image Credit: Data courtesy Marc Imhoff of NASA GSFC and Christopher Elvidge of NOAA NGDC. Image by Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon, NASA GSFC.

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