Resources for Our Disappearing Darkness Resources: A Meditation on Losing the Night

Web Resources

Learn more about the importance of dark skies and what we can do from the International Dark Sky Association. 

Check out this light pollution map

Learn more about how dark skies are measured 

Where to stargaze in Ohio? HERE!

Saving the Dark (2019)  

• 80% of the world’s population live under light polluted skies. What do we lose when we lose sight of the stars? Excessive and improper lighting robs us of our night skies, disrupts our sleep patterns and endangers nocturnal habitats. The current advances in LED technology have enabled several cities to safely light their streets and save energy without disrupting the nighttime environment. Saving the Dark explores the need to preserve night skies and what we can do to combat light pollution. Created in association with the International Dark-Sky Association. Watch on YouTube here. 

Secrets of the Night (2019)  

• A two-part series covering the scientific and cultural ways in which we experience night, with focus on how night effects our lives in rural and urban environments. Watch on YouTube here and here. 

Standing with Stones: An Epic Film Journey Through Prehistoric Britain and Ireland  

• A remarkable feature length documentary film that takes the viewer on an epic journey of discovery, way beyond the Wiltshire monuments and Stonehenge, uncovering the true extent and variety of megalithic Britain and Ireland. Watch on YouTube here. 

 MJ Sharp, Avebury Road, UK, 2022. Photograph courtesy of the artist.
Funding for this exhibition generously provided by the Julia Shoolroy Halloran Endowed Fund.