2023 March 08 - Artificial Night Sky Brightness
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 08/03/2023

In today's image, we see a map of the world showing the brightness of the night sky caused by artificial lighting here on Earth. In may of the more populated areas, the Milky Way galaxy is no longer visible because of the increased sky brightness. 

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