Letter to the Editor: Light pollution
In America’s ever-growing cities and towns, about 80 percent of people have never seen the Milky Way Galaxy stretching across the sky. The Milky Way is not elusive, nor is it hard to spot, given the right conditions. However, it is a rare site in a world that has come to rely upon electric lighting outdoors. In most spots on Ohio University’s campus, as well as Uptown Athens and the majority of off-campus housing, you’d be lucky to catch more than about two dozen stars, even on a clear, moonless night.