There’s a quiet urgency in the skies above us—an ancient beauty slowly fading.
This CNN documentary captures the reason I reach for my camera: to preserve the night.
Light pollution is drowning the stars, dimming what once connected us to nature, science, and wonder.
Follow Me in this film, As I venture into remote, Dark Sky Site Penwith In Cornwall where darkness still reigns—hoping to document what’s left, before it disappears.
Watch the full story above to understand the vanishing world I aim to protect through my lens.
For the last hundred years, pollution from artificial light has seeped into the night sky and wildlife are suffering.
While light pollution is still growing at a rate of 10% every year, insects, birds and turtles are all affected and the health consequences on human beings of artificial light are being increasingly documented.
Now, DarkSky International is leading the global effort to protect areas from its effects.
CNN travels to the West Penwith Dark Sky park with astrophotographer Aaron Cherrie to witness the beauty of a truly dark night sky.
Source: CNN
