July 2024: To a Better 2045!

Host Bill McGeeney is joined by Ken Walczak of Dark Sky International, Lya Osborn of Light Justice, and the award winning landscape astrophotographer, Josh Dury.

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Bill's Picks:

• Florida won't light bridges in rainbow colors. So Jacksonville's LGBTQ community did., David Bauerlein, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union. 
• Giant, mysterious laser beam appears over San Francisco, Ariana Bindman, SFGate. 
• Scientists Say Light Pollution Could Interfere with Coral Spawning, TaiwanPlus News. 
• Diurnal predators in dim light: the ability of mantids to prey for supper, Environmental Entomology. 
• A LIGHT FOR TOMORROW, Chris Herring, Portland Winter Light Festival. 

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