SKYGLOW

GIF shot from the timelapse video SKYGLOW by Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic

SKYGLOW is an ongoing crowdfunded project exploring light pollution and its impact on cities as well as North America's endangered dark sky locations. It is being produced by photographers / filmmakers Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic in association with the International Dark-Sky Association.

The Kickstarter fundraising campaign generated significant publicity[1] and ended on May 9, 2015 as the fourth most successful project in the Photobooks category.[2]

SKYGLOW was featured on Season 6 of the Discovery Science show Outrageous Acts of Science.[3]

On December 5, 2015, Gavin and Harun gave a sold out talk about SKYGLOW at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, and previewed photos and video from their journeys.[4]

SKYGLOW photography and videos has been featured by numerous media outlets and popular culture, including The Rolling Stones for their song "Moonlight Mile" [5] during the ZIP CODE tour in 2015, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters at Desert Trip Indio, Cosmic Gate music video for the single "am2pm" in 2016,[6] BBC Earth,[7] and the National Park Service as part of their official centennial celebration video,.[8]

References

  1. LA WEEKLY - Two Guys Want to Win Back the Starry Skies Above L.A.
  2. Kickstarter Top Funding
  3. Outrageous Acts of Science - SKYGLOW
  4. SKYGLOW: Timelapse Photography and Film Screening
  5. "Moonlight Mile" Performance by Mick Jagger & The Rolling Stones
  6. "AM2PM" by Cosmic Gate
  7. Spectacular new desert time-lapse
  8. Official NPS 100 years video"

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