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key Welcome to the improved DarkSiteFinder light pollution map. Here are some useful links:

- Sortable Dark Site Listing
- Add A New Dark Site
- How To See the Milky Way
- How To See the Aurora
- Color Scale Meaning
- More Astronomy Links


This map is based on light pollution data updated in 2006 by David Lorenz. Attribution for original 2001 data: P. Cinzano, F. Falchi (University of Padova), C. D. Elvidge (NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder). Copyright Royal Astronomical Society.