DarkSky NOVA and Northern Virginia Bird Alliance promote new Lights Out program for Spring Migration in FairFax County Virginia

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Great Falls NP & Fairfax County Park Authority Riverbend Park

Great Falls, Virginia Photo credit Eileen Kragie

The human circadian rhythm has been thrown into disarray because of an ever increasing amount of light pollution. Exposure to excess artificial lighting at night severely disrupts our natural cycle.

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"The light on your porch or the streetlights in your neighborhood probably don’t come to mind when you think about pollution. But as artificial light has increased over the years, its far-reaching implications have grown more apparent."

Map of light pollution late 1950’s