The night sky is not talked about like a limited natural resource, but it is. As the world’s cities have grown, light has blotted out many features of the night sky. Whose job is it to decide what the night sky means for everyone else? There is no Committee to Protect Against Disruption of the Night Sky that is tasked with considering these types of effects. And if we let Silicon Valley disrupt the night sky, we will never get it back.

Source: Washington Post June 05, 2019 09:56 UTC