选择黑夜

Image：NASA Astronomy Picture of the day

这大概是我几个月来读过的最美丽的一条新闻>>

冰岛首都雷克雅未克的市政当局在本周四的夜晚关闭了所有街灯，人们被鼓励在北欧沉沉的黑夜里留在家中，而与此同时，一位天文学家将在电台里向全国居民讲解北方夜晚的星空。

于是在关闭了城市喧嚣的光污染之后，这座极北之国现代都城里的25万居民在这一夜一起回到千百年前的冰岛，第一次一起仰望星空。而大自然的欣慰是不言而喻的，这一夜出现了极光。

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Authorities in the capital Reykjavik turned off street lights on Thursday evening and people are also being encouraged to sit in their houses in the dark, writer Andri Snaer Magnason said on Wednesday. While the lights are out, an astronomer will describe the night sky over national radio.

Magnason said the capital's population of around 250,000 might be able to see the Northern Lights, a flickering curtain of light often seen in northern climes which is caused by solar particles being caught in the Earth's magnetic field. Two other Icelandic towns will also turn off their lights.

via worldchanging