{"id":29360,"date":"2012-06-13T17:07:39","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T17:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/06\/13\/sciencesoup-dark-sky-island-the-gorgeous-isle-of\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T15:40:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T15:40:48","slug":"sciencesoup-dark-sky-island-the-gorgeous-isle-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/06\/13\/sciencesoup-dark-sky-island-the-gorgeous-isle-of\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-29360 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/06\/13\/sciencesoup-dark-sky-island-the-gorgeous-isle-of\/attachment\/29361\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tumblr_m51arhsJnh1rx06nvo1_500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tumblr_m51arhsJnh1rx06nvo1_500-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tumblr_m51arhsJnh1rx06nvo1_500-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/06\/13\/sciencesoup-dark-sky-island-the-gorgeous-isle-of\/attachment\/29362\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tumblr_m51arhsJnh1rx06nvo2_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tumblr_m51arhsJnh1rx06nvo2_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tumblr_m51arhsJnh1rx06nvo2_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/sciencesoup.tumblr.com\/post\/24445290782\/dark-sky-island-the-gorgeous-isle-of-sark-the\">sciencesoup<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span>Dark Sky Island<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The gorgeous Isle of Sark, the smallest self-governing island in Europe, is located in the English channel 130 miles off the southern English coast. In January 2011 it became the world\u2019s first \u201cDark Sky island\u201d by controlling light pollution. The island\u2019s single electricity source is an oil-fired power station, and there are no cars, streetlights or even paved roads: you can only get around by bike, horse, carriage or tractor-drawn bus. Due to the lack of light pollution, the Milky Way stretches gloriously overhead\u2014from horizon to horizon across the pristine black sky.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sciencesoup: Dark Sky Island The gorgeous Isle of Sark, the smallest self-governing island in Europe, is located in the English channel 130 miles off the southern English coast. In January 2011 it became the world\u2019s first \u201cDark Sky island\u201d by controlling light pollution. 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