Dark in the city

[Tom Deering <tdeering@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Tom Deering wrote:
>
>> Central Park after dark is not like a mountain top in Hawaii.
>
>It might be more so than you imagine.  I went to stargaze on a
>mountaintop on the north shore of Kaui...only to find it lit up
>brigh as day, thanks to an air force (?) station that was burning
>an enormous light...the brightest artificial object I've ever seen.

I can see I am not making myself clear.  Light polution isn't the problem.
Central Park is quite dark.  At 990 acres, the inner-most points are very,
very far from the street lights.

What I was talking about was the safety factor.  Now, I have been in
Central Park many times after dark in complete safety.  You will find
hundreds of runners there after 10pm, on the well-lit streets.  But
purposely seeking out a dark place in Central Park would still be a very
bad idea from the standpoint of personal safety.

Cheers,

Tom