At Night’s End
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | At Night’s End - The Imagined Sky |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Tyler Nordgren; University of Redlands/International Dark-Sky Association; |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religion; Cultural Anthropology; Environmental Studies |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Milky Way; night sk; International Dark-Sky Association (IDA); artificial light pollution; sky glow; national parks |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Cultural Studies; Environmental Studies |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | The light of the Milky Way in a dark night sky has been a common sight for all of human history. In the last one hundred years, astronomical research has revealed the position, past and future, of the earth and sun within that band of stars. Unfortunately, during that same time, urban lighting has rendered the Milky Way invisible to a growing fraction of the world’s population. In addition, many of the observatories that contributed to our understanding of our place in the Universe are threatened, if not rendered obsolete by these same city lights. This chapter considers how a number of local, city, and state governments in cooperation with organizations like the International Dark-Sky Association and the United States National Park Service are working to preserve the remaining dark, starry locations for the benefit of science, wildlife, natural resource conservation, economic considerations, and the health benefits and general aesthetic enjoyment of humanity. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 15-Jun-2016 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/22671 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.22671 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Imagined Sky |
| 16. | Language | English=en | En |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
United States, contemporary |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |