This map depicts a satellite view of Virginia (superimposed with county boundaries) showing the spread of light pollution ac…

National Dark Sky Week, an initiative pioneered by Virginia resident Jennifer Barlow, will run from April 6-12, 2008. Reside…

In most cases we automatically shield a light source from view so that we may see the foreground clearly. We dim our car hea…

www.powhatantoday.com/index.php/news/article/fighting-the-light

Powhatan's new lighting ordinance, and Virginia's newest, for both commercial and residential lighting, was unanimou…

http://www.mediasoft.net/macdowell/HistoryStatus.htm The writer of this article is concerned with light trespass and glare, …

www.waterfordva-wca.org/general_articles/05-dark-sky-lighting.htm Street lights are converted to Dark-Sky friendly lights; l…

Metropolis Magainze just awarded Civil Twilight Design Collective top prize in the 2007 Metropolis Next Generation Design …

Our fellow stargazers at National Capital Astronomers have proposed an ordinance for Montgomery County, Maryland (our next-…

We could use your help in tracking down other Virginia Ordinances not mentioned on this site. We think that Loudoun County a…

Roanoke County passed a lighting ordinance ( see p. 51, Appendix C of Roanoke Valley lighting report ). We're having tro…

Warren County passed a lighting ordinance ( see p. 48, Appendix C of Roanoke Valley lighting report ). We're having trou…

Hanover County passed a lighting ordinance ( see p. 47, Appendix C of Roanoke Valley lighting report ). We're having tro…

Chesterfield County passed a lighting ordinance ( see p. 31, Appendix C of Roanoke Valley lighting report ). We're havin…

What would Douglas Adams say about the light pollution pervading our world today? Check it out at The Hitchhiker's Guide…

According to an article in LoudounTimes.com, "the change, which regulates exterior lighting in rural residential, agri…