Nightscape

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Nightscape #123

March 2026

• How are bright headlights affecting nocturnal species?
• Introducing the DarkSky One concept car
• Advocate highlights
• Ten new International Dark Sky Places
• + more!

Available only to DarkSky members, until the next issue is published.

Nightscape #122 (PDF)

December 2025

• Celebrating the 250th Dark Sky Place: Resurrecting the wild in South Africa’s Lapalala Reserve
• Pangolins: Ancient creatures of the dark
• Six new International Dark Sky Places & Lodgings
• News & notables
• Advocate highlights
• + more!

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Nightscape #121 (PDF)

September 2025

• Capture the Dark 2025 photo contest winners
• Our 2024 Impact Report & Financials
• Six new International Dark Sky Places
• News & notables
• Advocate highlights
• + more!

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Nightscape #120 (PDF)

June 2025

• Into the blue: Understanding marine light pollution
• Protecting sea life with smarter lighting
• DarkSky Approved: Practical tools for reducing light pollution
• Seven new International Dark Sky Places
• News & notables
• Advocate highlights
• + more!

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Nightscape #119 (PDF)

March 2025

• Q&A with educator and Delegate Michelle Wooten
• How proclamations can spark change
• Lighting policy templates
• Eight new International Dark Sky Places
• News & notables
• Advocate highlights
• more!

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Nightscape #118 (PDF)

December 2024

• Responsible dark sky tourism — Including DarkSky International’s Principles of Responsible Astrotourism
• Nights of a lifetime: Q&A with author Stephanie Vermillion (including Stephanie‘s Top 5 Night Adventures)
• 2024 DarkSky Award winners
• Six new International Dark Sky Places
• News & notables
• Advocate highlights
• + more!

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Nightscape #117 (PDF)

September 2024

• Nature’s night shift: Invertebrates are the rarely-seen critical creatures of the night
• Night Magic: Q&A with author Leigh Ann Henion
• Remembering DarkSky Co-Founder David L. Crawford, PhD
• Seven new International Dark Sky Places
• News & notables
• Advocate highlights
• + more!

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Nightscape #116 (PDF)

June 2024

• Darkness for well-being
• Zen and the stars
• Visit dark skies — an audio experience
• Five new International Dark Sky Places
• News & notables
• Advocate highlights
• + more!

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Nightscape #115 (PDF)

March 2024

• Africa’s Starry Nights
• Report from Ethiopia 386: Symposium on dark skies
• Seven new International Dark Sky Places
• News & notables
• Advocate highlights
• + more!

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Nightscape #114 (PDF)

December 2023

• How the stars shaped humanity
• Dark Sky Lodging
• Annual Awards winners
• Advocate highlights
• + more!

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Nightscape #113 (PDF)

September 2023

• Capture the Dark contest winners
• 2022 Impact Report and financials
• Advocate highlights
• + more!

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Nightscape #112 (PDF)

June 2023

• “Dark Skies: The next generation”
• Young advocates making a difference
• Lights Out at the Smithsonian
• Advocate highlights
• + more

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Nightscape #111 (PDF)

March 2023

• “New Zealand: Land of the Long Dark Night” about dark sky activism, conservation, and tourism in New Zealand, by Megan Eaves
• 2023–2027 Strategic Plan
• Preview of Dark Sky Week 2023
• Advocate highlights
• + more
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Nightscape #110 (PDF)

December 2022

• “Day and night, light and life” an article about our daily rhythm, by Lisa Heschong
• 2022 Annual Awards winners
• A poem by supporter Juliane McAdam
• Meet a member: Landon Bannister
• Advocate highlights
• + more

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Nightscape #109 (PDF)

September 2022

• Winners of the Capture the Dark photo contest
• 2021 Impact Report & Financials
• Advocate highlights
• + more

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Nightscape #108 (PDF)

June 2022

• Good Lighting: Dark skies start at home
• Reports from Spring 2022 meetings
• Seeing stars: The light artist helping humanity rediscover the stars
• Photo feature / inspiration
• Cities at night: Cities, towns, and developed communities are often the main sources of light pollution
• Meet a member: Joshua Iván Muñoz Salazar: Urban advocacy in México City
• Advocate highlights
• + more

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Nightscape #107 (PDF)

March 2022

• Plan a trip for International Dark Sky Week
• Good Lighting: Twin Texas homes shine without overshining
• Destination dark skies: Plan a trip for International Dark Sky Week
• Photo feature / inspiration
• Research roundup: What’s new in light-pollution research
• Meet a member: Tim Brothers — Retrofit gone right
• Advocate highlights

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Nightscape #106 (PDF)

December 2021

• “Who owns the night sky?” about the light pollution problems from satellite megaconstellations
• Letter to the Editor
• Photo feature
• 2021 Annual Awards
• Meet a member: Patrizia Bortolin
• Advocate highlights & 20 years of International Dark Sky Places

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Nightscape #105 (PDF)

Summer 2021

• Winners of the 2021 Capture the Dark photo contest
• A new Meet a Member feature on Roger Craig Smith, IDA advocate and astrophotographer
• Advocate highlights from around the globe
• 2020 Impact Reports and Financials
• + more

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Nightscape #104 (PDF)

Spring 2021

In this spring edition of Nightscape, we highlight some of the great work being done in the UK to combat light pollution and share some dark sky books by British authors that should be on your reading list. We also share some chapter highlights, new International Dark Sky Places, and a short history of light pollution guidance.

Nightscape #103 (PDF)

Fall 2020
IDA 2019 Annual Report

Nightscape #102 (PDF)

Spring 2020

Nightscape #101 (PDF)

Fall 2019
IDA 2018 Annual Report

Nightscape #100 (PDF)

Spring 2019

Nightscape #94 (PDF)

Spring 2015
IDA 2014 Annual Report

Nightscape #93 (PDF)

Summer 2014
Catching the Cosmos

Nightscape #92 (PDF)

Spring 2014
IDA 2013 Annual Report

Nightscape #90–91 (PDF)

Winter 2013
IDA Celebrates 25 Years

Nightscape #89 (PDF)

Summer 2013
Night Sky Road Trip

Nightscape #88 (PDF)

Spring 2013
Observing Light Pollution from Air and Space

Nightscape #87 (PDF)

Winter 2012
Observing Light Pollution

Nightscape #85–86 (PDF)

Summer/Fall 2012
Aoraki Mackenzie & NamibRand International Dark Sky Reserves

Nightscape #84 (PDF)

Spring 2012
Parks and Protected Areas

Nightscape #83 (PDF)

Summer 2011
The City Dark

Nightscape #81–82 (PDF)

Spring/Winter 2011
The World at Night

Nightscape #80 (PDF)

Spring 2010
The World at Night