C&T Publications Eye on Fine Art Photography - June 2014 | Page 51

Light pollution not just prevents us to see the spectacular Milky Way or the Nebulas, it vastly affects the animals which gets distracted to the unnatural light pollution from the cities and towns. Also it prevents us from studying night sky from some of the observatories such as Griffith, and Mount Wilson which greatly gets affected by the light pollution of Los Angeles. International Dark-Sky Association (http://www.darksky.org) is an organization which works hard to create awareness of the Dark Sky among people and the week from April 20th to 26th of 2014 is being celebrated as International Dark Sky Week. We should join hands with them in trying to reduce light pollution and live the dream of gazing at stars from where we live and not drive several miles to get a glimpse of it. - Shreenivasan Manievannan - [email protected] - All Photographs © Shreeniclix Photography Interested in locating observatories, planetariums, events or groups in your area? Check out these links. http://www.go-astronomy.com/ http://10mosttoday.com/10-best-observatories-in-the-world/ http://telescopes.stardate.org/guide/public.php https://www.noao.edu/ http://www.ispyspace.com/Observatories.html http://www.ips-planetarium.org/?page=planetariumfinder http://www.nrao.edu/ 49