For the first time in a long time, they could see the stars shining brightly in the dark sky.
The UK's first dark sky park at Galloway forest was established after being granted the Dark Sky status by the IDSA in 2009.
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Arteaga looks to where the lights of Condado stretch below us, like flecks of glitter against the dark sky, and shakes his head.
But it is at night that the mosque glows - its 82 domes light up like dozens of bright light bulbs in the dark sky.
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We all shouted, and the happiness at having found them again was already fraught with the pain of having lost them now forever, as the moon rising in the dark sky sent out only the reflections of the sun on its lakes and fields.
The dark characters of the malt bill reflect the dark stormy sky at the beginning of the snowfall.
The national park applied to the International Dark Sky Association to earn the status, a process that involved having its light pollution levels strictly monitored, and shielding outdoor lighting to make it more dark-sky friendly.
If approved by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDSA), the skies above the 400 sq mile (1, 050 sq km) of the Northumberland National Park could become a Dark Sky Reserve.
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Recently designated a Dark Sky Reserve for its lack of light pollution and the exceptional quality of its night sky, Iveragh is one of only seven such reserves in the world and the first in the northern hemisphere to get gold-tier status, the highest possible grading issued by the International Dark-Sky Association.
Martin Morgan-Taylor, board member of the International Dark-Sky Association, the US based organisation which awards the status, said the gradual loss of the view of the night sky was a loss of part of culture.
Some 57 years later he wistfully remembered the regret at leaving the eternal snows of the Jungfrau and the sharp outline of the pyramid-shaped Silberhorn peak against the dark blue of the sky.
The criteria for a dark sky site includes that the Milky Way is visible to the naked eye.
And then, about 20 minutes after the first alarm, the earth shook, and the sky went dark -- and West changed forever.
The closer they got to Poway, the thick cloud of smoke turned the sky as dark as pitch black night.
Project chiefs will talk to residents, parish councils and businesses to gauge feedback before an application to the International Dark-Sky Association.
Hours later, with the night sky dark, protesters re-entered the park in single file, after they were allowed back in, as long as they didn't bring camping equipment.
Mr. Brichter, whose favorite apps include the weather app Dark Sky and calendar app Fantastical, says he has been surprised by how much his work has been picked up.
"You can no longer just take a short drive from the city and look at the Milky Way or the northern lights, " says Chad Moore, a board director for the International Dark-Sky Association, a Tucson-based nonprofit organization.
Information leaflets and letters were distributed to residents living in the 'core zone' to help them understand the simple measures they could take, such as tilting outdoor security lights downwards instead of up, that could make difference to how dark the night sky appears.
The asteroid's position was very close to the sun, so astronomers had to observe it when the sky was dark.
"I certainly enjoy going to the desert and just seeing the sky from a dark location, " he said.
And all this interspersed by hours adrift on the river, planks and ropes gently creaking in the wind, the water dark and cool, the night sky clear above.
In scenes where we stare out at what I presume to be the back side of Anor Londo (a portion of the city we see but never visit in Dark Souls) the sky is the same color as the perpetual sunset over Anor Londo in the first game.
The other half of the sky is 97% dark.
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The sky was dark, and he had parked the car on a quiet street.
In winter, when the sky got dark early and Mother worried about her making the long commute home, Naima would sleep on my bedroom floor.
The next morning, Steve, in my hotel room, I threw open the draperies, and it was so grey and dark looking out at the Beijing sky, I thought it was raining.
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