Re: NPR Story on Light Pollution


Rick Evans wrote:
"Dennis Woos" <dpwoos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On the radio this morning:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6655690
The last sentence reads: "He and his wife built their house in a spot
that's so dark at night, you can still see the Milky Way." Wow, that's
dark ;-)

Heard the same final sentence. Didn't know whether to snicker
or sigh. That said, it was nice to hear the alternative
to the illuminate uber alles view.

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Rick Evans
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I listened to the whole story on NPR this morning. Thought it was
pretty good.

--Walt
--Bozeman, Montana

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