Dark Skies for All

IAU100 “Dark Skies for All” Global Project

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Join the Dark Skies Ambassadors Network. Registration now open!

Apply to get the “Turn on the Night” Kit. Deadline is March 1!

Contribute your Dark Skies Resources.

"A world without stars would be like a world without flowers."

- Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Former IAU President

"Ours is a journey that depends on light, and understanding light will let us see more"

- Reuel Norman A. Marigza, Jr., Astronomers Without Borders

"Without good design, planning and policy for reducing light pollution, there is a real risk of losing Ireland’s Dark Sky sites."

- Clair McSweeney, Cosmos Education CLG

"The one who cares about the earth cares about the sky"

- Ashan Ariyawansa, Nalanda College Alumni Astronomical Society

"Light pollution is a severely underestimated threat, but also the easiest type of pollution to fix once we make our communities aware of it."

- Ricardo J. Tohmé, Fundación Cielo Sustentable, International Dark-Sky Association

"80% of the population have never seen the Milky Way and the number is growing. You don't know all the things you are missing."

- Alan Rifkin, Electric Telescope Tours

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