Design
Now Streaming: 'The City Dark'
Documentary film looks at the impact of light pollution in cities.
Beginning this week, PBS is streaming online the documentary film The City Dark, filmmaker Ian Cheney's 2011 exploration of the impacts of urban light pollution.
The film takes a look at the increasing glow of urban illumination and how it is dramatically reducing our ability to see beyond our own atmosphere. More and more city dwellers can't see stars at night, which Cheney poses as a significant psychological negative. Urban light pollution affects more than just city stargazers, as Bonnie Tsui wrote for Cities back in April.