The morning sun is hidden behind clouds facing the East Foothills during sunrise at the Palo Alto Baylands. Photo by Veronica Weber. For Palo Alto’s conservationists, the adoption of a “dark sky” law ...

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Glen Hvenegaard received support for this project from the University of Alberta’s Augustana Faculty Research Committee through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. University of ...

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