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Save the night

author: B.A.Tafreshi/Novapix

reference: t-asira-40007

Image Size 300 DPI: 70 * 50 cm

The images compare the Magnificent Milky Way view above Alborz mountain range in northern Iran with the grey star-free sky of metropolitan Tehran, only 65 km (40 miles) away from location of the upper image. The difference is unbelievable. This is what we are losing by wasting energy toward the sky. Today most city skies have become virtually empty of stars. Light pollution obscures the stars, interferes with astronomical observatories, and, like any other form of pollution, disrupts ecosystems and has adverse health effects.

Keywords for this photo:

2008 - ACT05 - ALBORZ - ASTRONOMY - CAPITAL - CITY - CITYSCAPE - CONSTELLATION - DAMAVAND - ECOLOGY - HUMAN - IRAN - LANDSCAPE - LIGHT - LIGHT POLLUTION - MILKY WAY - MOUNTAIN - NIGHT - OBSERVATION - OBSERVER - PANORAMA - PERSON - POLLUTION - POSTER - SILHOUETTE - STAR - STARRY SKY - SUMMER TRIANGLE - TEHRAN -