EFFECTS ON A LARGER SCALE

For billions of years, the Earth adapted itself to the cycle of day and night. For centuries the sun and the moon have been the primary sources of light. But what happens when this natural cycle is broken by millions of electric bulbs dazzling over cities and towns? What does this do to our sky and, to our Earth as a whole? But most importantly, what does it do to us as human beings?

• ALAN (Artificial lighting at night) was rapidly accepted by the world; it has turned into an enormous norm. So often we don't even need the light we utilize. Have you ever just thought about how this norm is so deeply rooted in fear? How it is so deeply rooted in the belief that darkness is supposedly 'bad' or 'scary'. Not only is light disrupting our bodies and routines, but it is also teaching us to be afraid of a sacred force that is essential to our world. We mustn't let this light lodge fear into our bones.

• More than eighty percent of the world's population now live under a light-polluted sky. This means that more than eighty percent of the world can not see the true glory of the night sky. The stars are either blurred or hidden, the mesmerizing beauty of our galaxy is concealed from us. And when the universe itself is concealed from us, we end up losing sight of this greater force, we end up losing sight of something greater than ourselves.

• Light is composed of photons. These photons contain enough chemical energy to break chemical bonds and disrupt the activation energy in the environment. The more the intensity of light, the more the air composition is disturbed.