When was the last time you saw the Milky Way?
Our night sky is full of billions of stars but few of us get to enjoy the spectacle of a starry sky. That’s due to increasing light pollution in cities and highly populous areas.
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Photographer David Lennon from New Zealand took the night sky from his home country and interposed it on various cities around the world.
The cities — which include New York City, London, Los Angeles and Singapore — are some of the most populous on the planet.
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Lights from buildings, streets, homes and other sources tend to light up the sky, producing what most of us know as a dark-blue and virtually starless.
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