Added to my reading list... Just this weekend I was creating this little animation to visualize how light pollution has been somewhat decreasing in different areas of central Europe over the past 10 years, thanks to more public awareness, policies/regulation and tech innovations. In some places pollution also still going up, likely through ongoing urbanization... But the effects in rural France and Benelux region is very clear!
(As an aside (local interest): Note how Innsbruck and the Inn valley are so clearly standing out as brightest part of the Austrian Alps)
I created this animation (and the next one in thread) via screenshots from https://www.lightpollutionmap.info. The underlying sky brightness dataset is based on [NASA VIIRS/BlackMarble](https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Products/NASA/BlackMarble.html ). Alt text for more info.
#LightPollution #Mapping #GIS #DataViz #Europe #Animation
My copy of Sara Pritchard (npub1wzy…vlst)'s "Transforming #Night" just arrived 🎉
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