Against a backdrop rich with purples, blues, and shades of black, a
blaze of stars glittering across a vast empty sky spurs our
curiosity about the past, driving us inevitably to ponder the
future. For millennia, the night sky has been a collective canvas
for our stories, maps, traditions, beliefs, and discoveries. Over
the course of time, continents have formed and eroded, sea levels
have risen and fallen, the chemistry of our atmosphere has changed,
and yet the daily cycle of light to dark has remained pretty much
the same . . . until the last 100 years." - Karen Trevino, from the
foreword No matter where we live, what language we speak, or what
culture shapes our worldview, there is always the night. The
darkness is a reminder of the ebb and flow, of an opportunity to
recharge, of the movement of time. But how many of us have taken
the time to truly know a starry night? To really know it. Combining
the lyrical writing of Paul Bogard with the stunning night-sky
photography of Beau Rogers, To Know a Starry Night explores the
powerful experience of being outside under a natural starry
sky--how important it is to human life, and how so many people
don't know this experience. As the night sky increasingly becomes
flooded with artificial-light pollution, this poignant work helps
us reconnect with the natural darkness of night, an experience that
now, in our time, is fading from our lives.
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