Re: [ATM] Locating dark skies

["Jeff Anderson-Lee" <jonah@cs.berkeley.edu>]

You can also try the following experimental Java applet:

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu:8080/jonah/httpd/html/gislite/examples/darksky3.html

It brings up an 800x600 Java window with a zoomable colored map based on 
sky darkness of the USA, Mexico, and Southern Canada and has larger US 
cities and towns labeled for orientation.

On a PC or UNIX machine: Press the left button to zoom in. Press the 
right mouse button to zoom out.
On a Mac: Press the mouse button to zoom in. Press Apple + the mouse 
button to zoom out.
On all platforms: Press and drag any mouse button to move the image 
around the screen.

Once you get in far enough, it will change the mouse pointer from an 
arrow to a hand.  Clicking once more will bring up MapQuest centered on 
that point.

Jeff Anderson-Lee

Michael Peck wrote:

> At 08:27 02-06-04 -0400, artbianconi@blast.net wrote:
>
>> Went looking for a method to find such skies using quantifiable
>> data. There are any number of those famous night photos of
>> North America taken from a Kirlean warship as it uncloaked but I
>> could find no closeups of Upstate New York, or mid central
>> Pennsylvania.
>>
>
> Try <http://www.darksky.org/ida/darksky/>. There's a less detailed map 
> at <http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/Night/darksky.htm>.
>
> I got these with a google search on the phrase "dark sky locator".
>
> Mike Peck
>
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