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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Please forward the following message among your appropriate networks. Go to
</span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/p-PYCr81nytLAGY6u7cvLp?domain=worldrecordlight.thinkific.com" title="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/AqsbCE8wmrtAZoRocwUWY5?domain=worldrecordlight.thinkific.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">worldrecordlight.thinkific.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
and <i>How to…</i> to see how to participate.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Dark Sky Devotees,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Spread the word and look to the skies:
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Tell us what you can see on the longest night, help us map Australia’s light pollution, and set a world record.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Scientists are asking all Australians to step outside on the longest, darkest night of the year to help them measure light pollution around the country. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Could you please share the following with your friends and colleagues?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Australasian Dark Sky Alliance is asking people to join them
<b>this Sunday</b> on Australia’s longest night to help researchers create a map of Australia’s darkest skies, and learn about light pollution and its effect on people, animals, and astronomy.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">“Together, our observations will map how light pollution varies across Australia’s cities and regions, and make a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ attempt for ‘Most users to take an online environmental sustainability lesson
in 24 hours’,” says Marnie Ogg, ADSA’s CEO and founder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The project is supported by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, which has produced
<i>The National Light Pollution Guidelines for Wildlife</i>. Other supporters include ASTRO 3D, AstroNZ, Bintel, ICRAR, Globe at Night, Unihedron, ANU, the International Dark Sky Alliance, Laing Simmons & Young, Waiheke Island Dark Sky Park and Dark Sky Traveller.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="_Hlk43198321"></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Look out for tweets from
<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ZlZdCvl1rKiMW354CXN3r_?domain=twitter.com">
@DarkSkyAlliance</a>, retweet them, and share your own thoughts, support and pics on the night using the hashtags #LightPollution and #DarkSky.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">And sign up to take part on the night at
<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/p-PYCr81nytLAGY6u7cvLp?domain=worldrecordlight.thinkific.com">
worldrecordlight.thinkific.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please feel free to pass this information on to your friends and colleagues — we need dark sky observations from the city, country, suburbs, outback and everywhere in between.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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