There’s something comforting about the idea of taking a moment to sit beneath the moon and stars. Sometimes it feels like semi-darkness has the power to cure a multitude of toxic thoughts. Yet the weird thing is, we’re diurnal beings. Humans aren’t nocturnal species. We were made to enjoy the sunlight because that’s the only time our eyes allow us to see clearly without man-made light interfering with our vision. To put it bluntly, we fantasise about the clarity of the midnight sky, but most of us who live in built-up cities, towns and villages have never actually seen it in its full natural beauty.
Instead, we wander urban streets illuminated by street lamps, car headlights, nightclub beams and a whole host of other engineered light. Four of us realise the lights contaminate our vision and many other living organism’s understanding of night. When we look up to the evening sky, we see pink tones (aka sky glow), aeroplanes, the moon and very few stars. Believe it or not, some people who live in major cities have never seen a star at all, because our idea of light being a necessity at night has made them impossible to spot.
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