Did you know it is #InternationalDarkSkyWeek? 🌖

Through the Dark #Ecological Network, the harmful effects of #LightPollution on #biodiversity can be tackled, whilst giving people the chance to experience the wonder of starry skies✨.

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https://rebrand.ly/SfEP5692

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1650403149033644032

RT @SfEP: Did you know it is #InternationalDarkSkyWeek? 🌖

Through the Dark #Ecological Network, the harmful effects of #LightPollution on #biodiversity can be tackled, whilst giving people the chance to experience the wonder of starry skies✨.

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https://wayback.archive-it.org/12090/20220906172643mp_/https://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/569na2_en-1317_grasping-darkness_the-dark-ecological-network_v2.pdf

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1650404934892892161

Together with a group of Finnish amateur stargazers, computational space physicist @MinnaPalmroth and her team @helsinkiuni discovered a new kind of #NorthernLights.

Full story 👉 https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/stories/night-sky-your-window

#CitSciMonth #CitizenScience #InternationalDarkSkyWeek

📷 ©Pirjo Koski

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1649692022566178817

Another view for #InternationalDarkSkyWeek

This is #WhitecliffBay on the #IsleofWight photographed during exceptional circumstances.

A new moon so very little natural light, the #MilkyWay in amazing clarity and the #PerseidMeteorShower putting on a wonderful display.

My husband was thrilled to be there at the right time! #LandscapePhotography #astrophotography

Sunflowers at #Arreton on the #IsleofWight under the #MilkyWay

Continuing with the #InternationalDarkSkyWeek theme I've chosen this view for today.

My husband found this to be a tricky shot, trying to find a suitable composition where the sunflowers aligned with the stars. It did make for quite a sight though!

#LandscapePhotography #astrophotography

Apparently there is dark sky week. So I made this.

🦉 “So give a hoot,
don’t light pollute!”

#art #DarkSky #DarkSkyWeek #LightPollution #internationalDarkSkyWeek

#DiscoverTheNight as #InternationalDarkSkyWeek continues. Learn about #lightpollution, find a #darkskysite near you, be a #citizenscientist as you measure and submit night sky brightness observations. https://idsw.darksky.org

Continuing with a photo each evening (if I remember!) for #InternationalDarkSkyWeek

This was taken last year at #StCatherinesLighthouse on the #IsleofWight

This is a perfect location for #NightSkyPhotography and was the first place that my husband attempted to shoot the #MilkyWay many years back. It still draws him there every now and then.

It's also my favourite spot on the Island. It's so tranquil there at any time of day, or night.

#photography

As I mentioned yesterday it's currently #InternationalDarkSkyWeek and I'm intending on posting a photo a day from the #IsleofWight which is applying to be recognised as a Dark Skies Park.

My husband took this quite a few years ago at #Shanklin. In the early summer the #MilkyWay is clearly visible here, if the weather is clear.

The pub goers had long since left the Fisherman's Cottage when he took this! #LandscapePhotography

I've posted this photo before, at the tail end of last year but as it's #InternationalDarkSkyWeek and #StandingStoneSunday I thought I'd share it again!

This is the Longstone on the #IsleofWight with #CometNeowise visible in the sky. The Island is applying to become a Dark Skies Park and attracts many photographers to capture the views here.

My husband took the shot, I light painted the Longstone with a small torch. If I remember I'll post some more night sky photos over the week.

❗️#InternationalDarkSkyWeek 2023
Participate in this #scientific collaboration to raise awareness about the impact of light pollution by simply measuring the quality of your sky!
The measurement application: https://app.globeatnight.org/?constellation=leo
The official website : https://idsw.darksky.org

There are two great events happening tomorrow night (April 15) in the #SanDiego area to kick off #InternationalDarkSkyWeek