"Back in the mid-eighties, Salt Lake experienced a large power outage during a rather severe storm one autumn evening. Although the blackout was not valley-wide, a significant portion of the city was in darkness for 4 or 5 hours. I distinctly remember looking up at the sky from my backyard in Sugarhouse and noticing that the clouds did not glow with their usual sickly yellow light reflected from the city lights. As the weather began to settle later that night, I went back outside and found myself looking through a tiny hole in the clouds. What I saw through that little gap was breathtaking; a patch of Milky Way as bright as any I had every seen from the country side. The clouds soon filled in the hole and the power started to come back on throughout the city. The blackout was over, much to my dismay. After that night, I began to have fantasies about the city putting on an annual city-wide Lights Out Party so everyone would have a chance to see the sky in its unpolluted form." David Bennett On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 10:53 AM, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi friends, I need one or two more good comments about light pollution, hopefully with specific examples of seeing. Anyone? You could call me at 237-2169 or send an email. It's for a story I'm working on now. Thanks, Joe
Joe Bauman science & military reporter Deseret News bau@desnews.com (801) 237-2169
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