Morgan Walton - Keeping the Night Sky Dark - Narrative, Calm
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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Since ancient times, humans have looked to the night sky for inspiration and guidance. Our ancestors planted crops by the moon's phases and plan their rituals around planetary cycles. They navigated their ways across oceans and continents by stars. They created stories of gods and mythical creatures in the constellations. Star gazers were the first scientists trying to make sense of an unknown universe By mapping the movement in the heavens through the ages, humans have looked up into the vast darkness to get perspective on life's problems and feel a connection to those who gazed at the same celestial features in other times and places. This one's common experience of looking up into the dark canopy above us is becoming rarer. We're cancelling out darkness and Starlight with glare of shopping center parking lots and illuminated steeples in the orange nighttime haze of our cities and towns. We're losing more than just the view of our planets and constellations. We're also disrupting a cycle of darkness and light that plays an essential role in human health