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SEmert
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Light Pollution

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In today's St. Paul Paper. Alas, how true.
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Re: Light Pollution

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This reminds me of another cartoon I saw about 25 years ago. A young couple in a convertible are parked at a vista overlooking a large city in the valley below. The young woman looks up and exclaims, “OH WOW! The sky is sooo clear tonight! There must be dozens of stars out.”
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