Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects

Re:Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects by Florin_Andrei on Thursday August 06, 2020 @07:22PM (#24076460)

Yes. Light pollution leaks out pretty far away from the source. I don't know if there's any patch of land in Europe now where light pollution is zero. Maybe in a few places in Scandinavia.

Death Valley in California has pristine night skies. I cannot even begin to describe how different it is. Think - fine diamond dust on black velvet. There are stars everywhere you look. Amazing.

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Re:Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects by bchanudet on Thursday August 06, 2020 @08:27PM (#24076800)

There are still some spots with near-zeron light pollution in Europe, but those are getting smaller.

The most preserved one is surely around the Pic du Midi in French pyrenees. It is actually an Dark Sky Reserve since 2013.

And according to this map¹, North of Scotland seems a good spot too, among others.

1 : https://avex-asso.org/dossiers/pl/europe-2016/ (in French, but the colors are pretty self-explanatory)

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Re:Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects by wreath on Friday August 07, 2020 @03:17AM (#24079220)

Yes, in this part of Portugal[1] it's almost zero. It's really really beautiful at night, it feels like in a dream.

https://www.visitportugal.com/en/node/73796

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