City Dark: Search for Night on a Sleepless Planet

Dr. Wainscoat tells the story about light pollution and astronomy, with special emphasis on light pollution’s effects on the world’s best astronomical observing site: Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawai’i. Dr. Wainscoast is an astronomer as well as an accomplished photographer. This talk was given at the Kahilu Theatre in Waimea-Kamuela, Hawaii, on April 5, 2012.