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David L
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Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness
      07/21/08 11:39 PM

If you should be lucky enough to live where the skies are dark, you might find it hard to stay awake when it gets dark out. I lived in a rural area for a while with really dark skies, and much of the time, I was just too tired to get the scope out. I have to fight the notion that fighting light pollution is as much of a lost cause as is saving wildlife in the face of an ever-growing human population. Perhaps, women's health issues are the best way to take back the night.

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* Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL 05/12/08 10:50 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   07/31/08 11:12 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Ptarmigan   07/05/08 06:23 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Achernar   05/14/08 08:41 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness PXR-5   05/13/08 03:30 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Cygnus_x1   05/14/08 11:09 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness moron392   07/31/08 09:35 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Deep13   05/14/08 02:46 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/14/08 10:18 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/16/08 11:51 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness vsteblina   05/16/08 10:18 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness kiwi_canuck   05/17/08 01:12 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/17/08 01:59 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Dipole   05/17/08 12:57 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/17/08 03:18 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Dipole   05/17/08 04:35 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/17/08 10:52 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Achernar   05/18/08 09:15 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Dipole   05/18/08 11:09 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Achernar   05/18/08 05:49 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness starramus   05/18/08 12:42 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness galaxyman   05/18/08 01:35 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Franklink   07/21/08 01:19 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness tishovlin   07/21/08 07:10 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Franklink   07/21/08 10:01 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness David L   07/21/08 11:39 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness csa/montanaModerator   07/23/08 07:50 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness starramus   05/18/08 02:21 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness galaxyman   05/18/08 06:41 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness woodsman   06/15/08 09:21 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness galaxyman   06/15/08 12:09 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness kiwi_canuck   06/15/08 01:16 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Tony Flanders   06/18/08 10:49 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Achernar   06/18/08 09:17 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness star drop   06/15/08 08:55 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Ptarmigan   08/03/08 05:59 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Franklink   08/10/08 10:53 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   08/11/08 12:14 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness jmcdonald   08/11/08 05:20 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Moon Shadow   08/10/08 01:21 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   08/11/08 12:05 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/18/08 11:07 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness woodsman   06/15/08 09:28 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   06/15/08 10:20 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness woodsman   06/15/08 10:20 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   06/19/08 12:07 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness tishovlin   06/17/08 06:45 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Temp O'Rary   06/17/08 10:37 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   06/19/08 12:10 PM
. * Re: Amateur Astronomers' Biology Prefers Darkness starramus   05/18/08 02:29 PM
. * Re: Amateur Astronomers' Biology Prefers Darkness galaxyman   05/19/08 12:21 AM
. * Re: Amateur Astronomers' Biology Prefers Darkness Dipole   05/19/08 11:41 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/19/08 12:38 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness Geoff48   07/31/08 10:33 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   07/31/08 11:08 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness mike174   06/03/08 04:41 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness panhard   06/14/08 08:38 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness csa/montanaModerator   06/03/08 05:03 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness mike174   06/04/08 10:20 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness csa/montanaModerator   06/05/08 10:08 AM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   06/03/08 11:20 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/18/08 02:06 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness RussL   05/18/08 01:30 PM
. * Re: Our Biology Needs Darkness nighthawk   05/13/08 04:25 PM

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