night lights

At Bar Harbor, Maine, the area is blessed with a beautiful night sky as there is few artificial lights and surrounding water. They have passed an ordinance limiting lights and redirecting them with shades so that the sky is not flooded with artificial lights, (electricity pollution.) Great!! I remember going down butterfly highway in California at 3 in the morning toward Madera from the coast on a two-lane oldie, and noting the sky so splendid I had to pull over and stop. no artificial lights at all except from my car, and the stars were so brilliant, clear, and I felt I could just reach up and touch them. We should be more mindful of the 'flooding of the sky' with our lights at night. Surely we can have areas that our children and ourselves can again see the wonder of the night sky. Even now living in the Rockies and elevation, the city lights spoil the starshine. I want my stars back! Let's find a way to illuminate what we need to see without just creating an eternal daytime.