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r/darksky is a subreddit with 33k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is large in size.
Dedicated to finding, sharing, and preserving the best places to see the stars. Feel free to share stories, photos, and anything else related to observing the night's sky, including stargazing, dark sky sites, astrotourism, and light pollution issues.
Popular Themes in r/darksky
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Maine Millennial: "Car headlights are too damn bright, and the government needs to do something about it.""
24 posts
#2
News
: "Light pollution is increasing at nearly 10% per year, according to new study"
23 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "As super bright LEDs become more popular is there a way to develop an organization that regulates the brightness? I live in a rural area and it is slowly being ruined by the random people who don’t care about night time or night sky or light pollution or light trespass."
4 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Orion, Mars and Pleiades over Petworth, UK."
4 posts
#5
Advice Requests
: "How communities in north-central Pennsylvania are attempting to preserve a scarce resource: darkness"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "My Lego ideas project have more than 5000 supporters and need 10000 to maybe being produced by Lego ! Please support link in caption !"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/darksky
#1
Light Pollution
: "Midwest Light Pollution kills migrating birds, but scientists know how you can help | An ornithologist spent four decades tracking 40,000 bird deaths at a single building. His records paved the way to better scientific and public understanding."
78 posts
#2
Dark Sky
: "North Dakota lawmakers propose Dark Sky initiative protecting migrating birds - "The resolution encourages households and property owners to protect migrating birds by closing curtains, facing outdoor lights downwards and installing motion sensor lighting or light covers.""
45 posts
#3
Stargazing
: "Towns across the U.S. West embrace starlight to pursue 'dark sky economy' - "with the popularity of Stargazing program, night walks, full moon hikes, and other such activities in parks, natural lightscapes have become an economic resource.""
36 posts
#4
Night Sky
: "The Night Sky Is In Danger And The International Astronomical Union Is Stepping Up To Protect It"
35 posts
#5
Astronomy
: "A newly proposed desert megaproject, projected to be half the size of Manhattan, threatens world's best stargazing - "Chile, and in particular Paranal, is a truly special place for Astronomy — its dark skies are a natural heritage that transcends its borders and benefits all humanity""
21 posts
#6
Milky Way
: "Full Milky Way Arch at Caldera de Las Canadas / Tenerife 2020"
16 posts
#7
Wildlife
: "This town has red street lights to not mess with the Wildlife."
12 posts
#8
Meteor Shower
: "The Geminid Meteor Shower is underway, Peaking Dec. 13,14: Everything you need to know"
10 posts
#9
Environment
: "Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites could damage the Environment for decades, study says"
9 posts
#10
Apps
7 posts
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