What is Aotearoa New Zealand's relationship to its unique night skies? This week's Book of the Week, Southern Nights by Naomi Arnold, traces this relationship from the celestial navigation that brought the first people to these shores, through Maori and European astronomy, encompassing all manner of celestial phenomena, to the present day, when observation of our nighttime skies is threatened by atmospheric and light pollution. The book is superbly illustrated throughout. 
>>The importance of dark sky sanctuaries. 
>>The Dark Sky Project. 
>>Heavens above. 
>>Sky light. 
>>Visit Naomi Arnold's website.
>>Your copy of the book. 
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The World at Night by Babak Tafreshi
Dark Skies: A journey into the wild night by Tiffany Francis
An Ode to Darkness by Sigri Sandberg
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