Jan 2024: Walking in a Freakily Large Planetarium.

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Host Bill McGeeney is joined by AstroBackyard's Ashley Northcotte, lighting designer and founder of Dark Source, Kerem Asfuroglu, and educator and advocate, Diane Turnshek.
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Bill's Picks:

• God’s Promises Are Clearest When We Turn Out the Lights, Cort Gatliff, Christianity Today.
• Stays in Vegas: London mayor rejects plan for Stratford Sphere venue, Robert Booth, The Guardian.
• Heber Valley Utah Temple approved. See why the church agreed to dim the lighting, Tad Walch, Dessert News.
• Trains, stargazing put Ely on the map. Critics fear clean energy project could undo that., Wyaat Myskow, The Nevada Independent.
• Energy efficiency indicators in road lighting: critical evaluation in a case study, Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences.
• Shining a light on duckweed: exploring the effects of artificial light at night (ALAN) on growth and pigmentation, Plant Biology.
• Giant lasers to light up San Francisco for APEC, Amy Larson, KRON 4.
• Why can’t I wish upon a star in Boston?, Meg Richards, Berkeley Beacon.

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1. Jan 2024: Walking in a Freakily Large Planetarium. (00:00:00)

2. Light Pollution's Impact on Art+Spirituality (00:15:56)

3. Maximizing Street Lighting Efficiency (00:37:33)

4. Light Art and a Lack of Imagination (01:17:17)

5. Lost in Light (01:30:18)

6. Ecology and Light Pollution Policy Overview (01:40:55)