One Third of Humanity Can't See Milky Way at Night, Reveals New Atlas of Artificial Brightness (6 of 10) (IMAGE)

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One Third of Humanity Can't See Milky Way at Night, Reveals New Atlas of Artificial Brightness (6 of 10)

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Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India (no borders) in New World Atlas of Artificial Sky Brightness, as seen in Google Earth. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the June 10, 2016, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by F. Falchi at Light Pollution Science and Technology Institute in Thiene, Italy, and colleagues was titled, "The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness."

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