Category: light pollution

NASA backs studies on environmental effects of COVID-19 lockdowns

Post author By Randall
Post date May 13, 2020
Categories In air pollution, coronavirus, covid-19, environment, gear, green, light pollution, Nasa, News, pollution, satellite, Science, Tech, water pollution

[ad_1] You’ve probably heard stories of skies and water clearing up while most people stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but how much have things improved, really? Scientists are about to rely on NASA technology to find out. The space agency is funding four research projects that will rely on satellites and various data […]

Tracking down unexpected sources of light pollution

Post author By Randall
Post date March 12, 2020
Categories In alex altair, gear, light pollution, north dakota, oil drilling, Space, Tech, the big picture, thebigpicture, thenewbigpicture

[ad_1] Altair tried to find the best observation spots by tapping the Light Pollution Map created by Jurij Stare, with data sourced from NASA’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and the NOAA’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). That led him to wonder where a lot of stray light pollution was coming from in spots […]