For millennia, humanity has looked to the skies for inspiration and education and for most of that time almost anyone on the planet could look up and be treated to an infinite canvas of starlight.
In the last couple of centuries, lighting in urban areas has drowned out the night sky and once a year the International Dark-Sky Association spends a week trying to draw attention to the importance of darkness.
Both the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council have adopted resolutions marking April 13 through April 20 as International Dark Sky Week…