Verlyn klinkenborg our vanishing night

Emma Lee Adams

The Vanishing Night, Running from Light

When most people hear the word city, they picture flashing lights and the bustling, busy
streets, radiating with life that seems never to sleep.

Here, at night, tall buildings with glowing
windows crowd the sky, and street lamps with their occasional flicker illuminate pedestrians and
drivers below, as neon signs beckon them closer.

Verlyn klinkenborg our vanishing night

In such a setting, whether in a large city as the
one described, or a smaller city whose light similarly clouds the darkness, viewing the night sky
in its raw and wondrous state is completely impossible. Many view this lack of vision in urban
communities as simply a necessary consequence of modern advancement; others ignore the
presence of such light, perhaps from growing used to it.

However, Verlyn Klinkenborg, a
professor at Yale and frequently published author, urges his audience to do something about the
ever increasing light pollution that seems to consume most citi