You will NEVER see The Milky Way again

Visit my sponsor BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/astrokobi for 10% off your first month of therapy and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help. Light pollution can be really scary when you look into it and the more I learn about space the more I am filled with a desire to protect our access to the stars. If we don't act now, we could risk losing the stars for our future generations and that would be a future I would hate to see... A huge thank you to the Dark Sky Project team for chatting with me during my visit to Lake Tekapo: https://www.darkskyproject.co.nz/ ▀▀▀ Chapters: 00:00 You have never seen a dark sky 00:33 Los Angeles Story 01:43 How bad is light pollution? 03:45 BetterHelp 04:59 The Bortle Scale 05:55 Vising the Dark Sky Reserve 07:10 How does New Zealand keep their skies dark? 08:38 Light Pollution vs Astronomy 09:43 Why do people love stargazing? 10:37 Light Pollution vs Human Health 11:14 Light Pollution vs Animals 12:35 Why is this important? 13:52 How can we fix the problem? 15:19 We need the stars 16:05 What did it really look like? ▀▀▀ Additional information sources: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... https://www.space.com/light-pollution... https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1... https://www.un.org/development/desa/e... https://www.iau.org/static/publicatio... ▀▀▀ Written, produced and edited by Kobi Brown Animations: Jonny Hyman, Mike Radjabov and Reed Schultz ▀▀▀ TikTok:   / astrokobi   Instagram:   / astrokobi   Twitter:   / astro_kobi   ▀▀▀ Footage from: Storyblocks Pond5    • How one NASA image tells dozens of stories   - You will love this video from neo, I would definitely recommend!    / @melodysheep   - You will LOVE MelodySheep's content!    • Baby turtle's first steps - BBC   - BBC    • Light pollution and migratory birds      • Light pollution and seabirds | Australian ...      • Welcome to the Palomar Observatory Virtual...      • Video   - Joe Rogan