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- Type: Article
- Locations: Cabrillo National Monument,Channel Islands National Park,Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Offices: Mediterranean Coast Inventory & Monitoring Network,Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division
The velvet black of a dark night sky offers many values. People seek darkness for stargazing. Birds navigate by starlight. Prey hides from predator in the dark. But light pollution from human development—streetlights, buildings and other sources of artificial light—is spilling over into natural areas and taking an ecological toll. In Southern California, the National Park Service monitors the night sky of its parks and applies best practices to improve night sky darkness.
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Last updated: March 31, 2020