Blinded by the Light

Psalm 19:1-2

1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
2 Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.

Passed along by Alan Jacobs, this story reminds us how our modern lives can tend to obliterate the revelation of God all around us. I'm certainly thankful for electric light, but it's a shame we miss all these stars.

Here's an excerpt from the article which gives some explanation to the photograph above. [Click on it for an even bigger view.]

The patch of ground in the imposing row of mountains is surrounded by 300 square miles of moorland, woods and lochs that form the rugged wilderness of Galloway Forest Park in southern Scotland, and in a few weeks, officers at the forest will take steps towards making it Europe's first official dark sky park.

It is the profound lack of light that makes the area worthy of recognition and such a spectacular place to look at nature. The spot is so remote that on a cloudless night it offers an unrivalled view of the heavens: a rare chance to see shooting stars and the distant Andromeda galaxy, the aurora borealis and stellar nurseries where suns are born to warm alien planets.