Light Pollution
How can I say this nicely? The night sky in New York City leaves a lot to be desired, especially if you have viewed the heavens from the deck of a container ship in the middle of the ocean. The stars, the handful that you can see over the city, don’t shine very brightly. Several hundred years ago, Venus appeared so brilliantly in the night sky that you could squeeze in a few rounds of shadow boxing with a friend before it slipped below the horizon. The sky was so dark that astronomers surveyed the night skies, unlocking the secrets of the