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Travelling across eight different locations, from urban San Jose in California to a desolate stretch of Death Valley, Lost in Light explores the ubiquitous but often overlooked phenomenon of light pollution. As artificial light brightens the night sky, we increasingly lose our view of the stars, planets and constellations, as well as the sense that we’re part of a larger galaxy. Showing eight different ‘levels’ of light pollution throughout California and Oregon, Sriram Murali uses timelapse to dramatic effect, asking what else we lose when we can’t see the stars.
Director: Sriram Murali
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Nature and landscape
‘A culture is no better than its woods’ – what our trees reveal about us, by W H Auden
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Wellbeing
Children of the Rwandan genocide face a unique stigma 30 years later
20 minutes
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Nature and landscape
California’s landscapes provide endless inspiration for a woodcut printmaker
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Animals and humans
Join seabirds as they migrate, encountering human communities along the way
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Astronomy
The remarkable innovations inspired by our need to know the night sky
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Knowledge
Why it takes more than a lifetime to truly understand a single meadow
11 minutes
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Physics
To change the way you see the Moon, view it from the Sun’s perspective
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Love and friendship
For two brothers who rely on one another, love is a daily act of devotion
11 minutes
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Knowledge
An Indigenous myth and a geological survey elicit two ways of knowing one place
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