International #DarkSky Week (First New Moon Week of April (April 19 - 25, 2020)) - Stop #Polluting the #Sky with all the 'Artificial' Light! @BingRewards (#MicrosoftRewards) @Wikipedia @IDADarkSky #JenniferBarlow Where Are You? @SkyAndTelescope @iMDB @MemoryAlpha #Skies #LightPollution #NightSky #Pollution #Skyward #Pollute #Skyline #AirPollution #Skywalker #Polluted #NoisePollution #Pollutes #Polluter #Pollutant #Polluters #Unpolluted

My Microsoft Rewards dashboard tells me that this week is International Dark Sky Week—a week to think about some ways to combat 'Light-Pollution' (the reason there don't seem to be as many stars in the night-sky these days).

I'll discuss 'what we're remembering this week' in a moment; but first, let's remember the ancient words that 'those words' (below-hyperlinked to a list of Dark Sky Parks—national parks where the light-pollution is kept to a minimum and the skies are particularly starry) are built-upon.

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The word "Sky" is built on ancient words that mean "to |Cover, Conceal" (originally the same word was used for Cloud, and for Heaven (although it might've gotten mixed up with Heavens)).

The word “Pollute” is built on ancient words that mean “|Before + to Smear, make Dirty (|Lutose)” (to |Contaminate, |Soil, |Desecrate, |Defile; |Discharge |Semen Outside of |Sexual |Congress).

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You can see what light-pollution has done, when you look at 'how the night-sky looks now' as opposed to 'how it's looked before' and 'even before that.'

Jennifer Barlow^*–a high-schooler in 2003 Midlothian, Virginia–noticed this and founded "National Dark Sky Week" (recognized and upgraded to "International" by the International DarkSky Association (IDA)).

*I'm not sure if Jennifer Barlow is still a fan of the dark sky ... she might've gone on to be

 the first female to pilot The Enterprise ... No, that's not her; I found 4-or-5 "Jennifer Barlow"s on Twitter

 and several on Facebook ... I even found a few obituaries, but I'll keep looking ...