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diff --git a/bookmarks/lit up ramble.txt b/bookmarks/lit up ramble.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 34fb49a..0000000 --- a/bookmarks/lit up ramble.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Lit up | Ramble -date: 2015-11-10T13:52:00Z -source: http://dghaskell.com/2015/11/06/lit-up/ -tags: - ---- - -The Sewanee sky is often dark enough to see the silver smoke of the Milky Way drifting above the treetops. On other nights: - -![athletic field lights in clouds][1]Clouds are ignited by light from dozens of pole-mounted bulbs around athletic fields. The pulse and swirl of light from the wind-driven clouds obscures all else. We vault the sky with our own glow. - -[Twenty percent][2] of the world's electricity is used for artificial lighting. In most countries, night lights are getting [brighter and more abundant][3]. - -At the athletic field, no-one was on the turf. The pole-bulb clusters blazed on, [regardless][4]. - -Come spring, robins will gather under the lights, singing their day-songs. - -### Like this: - -Like Loading... - -### _Related_ - -This entry was posted in [Travels][5] and tagged [light pollution][6], [milky wa][7]. Bookmark the [permalink][8]. - -[1]: https://davidhaskell.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/athletic-field-lights-in-clouds.jpg?w=576&h=1024 -[2]: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss4/art13/ -[3]: http://e360.yale.edu/feature/bringing_back_the_night__a_fight_against_light_pollution/2681/ -[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way#/media/File:Milky_Way_Night_Sky_Black_Rock_Desert_Nevada.jpg -[5]: http://dghaskell.com/category/travels/ -[6]: http://dghaskell.com/tag/light-pollution/ -[7]: http://dghaskell.com/tag/milky-wa/ -[8]: http://dghaskell.com/2015/11/06/lit-up/ "Permalink to Lit up" |