Haven't posted a blog post since December!.... wow, the months have flown past.
Here's one of my favourite episodes from The Sky at Night.
This episode was recorded back (1977) when Pembrokeshire had beautiful light pollution free skies.
Pembrokeshire has pretty good night skies now, but compared to the pristine skies of my childhood, the Milky Way is but a ghost of its former self.
Years ago the winter stars seemed to be within arms reach, you could almost touch them.
The Milky Way used to glow with an ethereal brilliance.
I could talk (rant) for hours about the dangers of light pollution..
Thankfully you don't have to listen to my diatribe. There is a book that will explain it all.
If you want a good read about the problems of light pollution,
I highly recommend "The End of Night" by Paul Bogard.
