Dec 2023: VIP Session Under the Bridge!

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Last Episode of 2023! Host Bill McGeeney is joined by 2023 Dark Sky Int'l Rising Star Award Recipient, Bonnie Peng, photographer of the new book, Spirits Dancing, Travis Novitsky, and Dark Skies Initiative Coordinator for the McDonald Observatory, Stephen Hummel.
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Bill's Picks:

• F1 bans three key colours from Sphere during Vegas GP action, Adam Cooper, Autosport.
• Artificial light at night: a global disruptor of the night-time environment, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
• Nighttime drone shows gaining more popularity, WVLT News.
• 5 Things You Can Do to Reduce Light Pollution, Madeleine Burry, AAA.
• SIU student’s campaign illuminates light pollution and its impact on wildlife, Carly Gist, Daily Egyptian.
• DARK SKIES: Students invited to count stars to pinpoint areas of light pollution in southwestern N.S., Tina Comeau, Saltwire.
• Low-cost air, noise, and light pollution measuring station with wireless communication and tinyML, Hardware X.
• Livin’ the Dream: Stars in a dark night sky, Mountain Times.

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1. Dec 2023: VIP Session Under the Bridge! (00:00:00)

2. Is Light Pollution a Pollutant or Simply a Nuisance? (00:14:36)

3. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Wrap Up (00:23:48)

4. Drone Shows or Fireworks? (00:28:57)

5. As Night Fades, So Does Art? (00:36:12)

6. Creativity under the Stars (00:39:57)

7. Artificial Auroras from Rocket Launches (00:48:11)

8. Street Lighting Museum? (01:07:21)

9. Fear as a tool for lighting conversions? (01:12:14)

10. Accessing Dark Skies and Stargazing Hikes (01:31:46)