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But industrialization has changed that, of course, by introducing light pollution that gradually erased the stars from view before the bright blue light of countless LEDs made the situation so much worse.

The fact that even recent research on the impact of International Dark Sky Places on light pollution relies on observations made from orbiting satellites should make the point.

The sun isn’t to blame for light pollution that brightens the night sky, though — we are.

A third potential problem with the language and scope envisioned by the OST is that it doesn’t define a geography that captures the creation of light pollution in the night sky, wherever that is exactly, from the perspective of organisms on Earth.

"We think of light pollution as a local issue, and we are lacking a domestic light pollution strategy or a national light pollution policy at present," Venkatesan said.