"The advances in lighting technology and the funding available are making this a worthwhile exercise in improving Somerset's night skies and reducing the council's energy costs, " the council spokesman said.

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But the researcher found that in brightly-lit areas, such as near the Grangemouth site, the birds fed much longer by sight, rather than touch, compared with those under darker night skies.

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Since the best night skies are in very remote locations where lodging options are limited to small inns or outdoors camping, potential stargazers should get used to the idea of roughing it.

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The National Weather Service forecast fog for Friday night and Saturday in El Paso, Fort Stockton and Odessa, with clear skies by Saturday night.

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When tyrannical functionaries of the state have to worry that they can be reached anonymously from afar, in cyberspace or through the earthly skies, day or night, they will begin to change their behavior.

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The mountains shimmer blue when the sun hits the eucalyptus vapors from the trees, at night, the dense star patterns of the Southern Hemisphere sky also shimmer in the clearest skies, and crossing the path to your cottage at night, you may well encounter a wombat, wallaby or kangaroo the 4000 acres are filled with them.

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Councillor Robert Gould, from Dorset County Council, said some people welcomed "the darker skies and the ability to see the night sky".

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Meanwhile, more explosions rattled the Iraqi capital Saturday night and early Sunday morning, and towers of smoke filled the skies above the city.

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At night the flares of a giant natural-gas plant burn brightly in the city's skies from behind a high fence designed to keep local people out.

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