If you’re in the Jackson Hole area, be sure to pick up the current weekly edition of the Jackson Hole News & Guide! In the weekly section, Close-Up, I’m currently featured for my efforts in getting Jackson, Wyoming and surrounding areas to be dark-sky compliant. I’m very honored to be featured so prominently about my work that coincides so directly with what I love.
The article goes into a lot of depth about my past and how I got to where I am now, and also brings up the issues I’m working to raise, such as the marketing potential that Jackson is letting slip by, particularly with the upcoming Eclipse solar total de 2017 y muchas otras actividades nocturnas.
For those that don’t know, over the past year I’ve been working with Wyoming Observación de estrellas y el Grupo de fotografía Teton to bring more awareness to the Jackson Hole region about the dangers and inefficiency of light pollution. Light pollution is the scattering of light at night that obscures the night sky. If a light fixture is not shielded nor pointing down, the light scatters up into the sky, thus producing "light pollution." This creates a very negative effect on human health, wildlife and the ecosystem, safety for pedestrians and drivers, and consumes significantly more energy than is actually needed. In addition to those consequences, it drastically reduces what’s visible in the night sky, eliminating a key component of our natural, daily cycle and a source for Universal perspective.
As our progress has continued, we’ve received great support from the community, as well as the Programa de destino sostenible de Jackson Hole y Yellowstone y el Alianza para la Conservación de Jackson Hole, este último proporciona una gran cantidad de conocimientos y orientación para ayudarnos a dirigir nuestro mensaje a los destinatarios más propicios.
2015 should see lots of progress in bringing back our night skies as well as what will hopefully be my first full-length documentary, something I’m currently in the process of producing.
Para aquellos que no se encuentran en el área de Jackson Hole, el artículo completo se puede leer en línea en este enlace en el sitio web de News & Guide: Viendo la luz de los cielos más oscuros.
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