DARK SITE OF LIGHT (12+) PL/ENG/DE 11:15

duration 45 min.

December 27, 2024, godz.: 11:15

How can something as essential as light even be associated with pollution?

For several centuries, we have become accustomed to lighting up artificial light sources after dark, considering them natural. But it’s not. Living organisms, both, plants and animals, have adapted to the natural cycle of day and night for tens of millions of years. Our biorhythms work in accordance with sunrise and sunset. The artificial disruption of this cycle has serious consequences, not only for our health but also for the environment and the economy. So why is the increasing level of artificial lighting dangerous for us? What each of us can do about it?

The film is the result of an international project between seven European astronomy institutions and planetariums.