People, culture, late-night food.

人群、文化、宵夜美食

But there's something missing.

但缺少了一些東西

It's there, but you can't see it.

就在那，但你沒看見

The night sky.

夜空

This is the story about a small town in Colorado.

這是一個有關科羅拉多州小鎮的故事

Actually, two small towns in Colorado.

事實上，是兩個科羅拉多州的小鎮

That are devoted to space.

兩個致力於太空觀測的小鎮

Westcliffe has a population of 564 residents,

韋斯特克利夫的人口數為 564 人

and Silver Cliff has a population of 575.

銀崖則是 575 人

This used to be a mining community

過去是個採礦的社區

and then it evolved into a railroad community,

然後變成鐵路社區

and then into a ranching community.

再後來變成牧場社區

We're always looking to do something

我們總是想要做些什麼

that will bring people into our community,

好吸引人潮到我們的社區來

and lately that seems to be we need to invest in our sky.

近年來，我們似乎得投入在天空中才能如願

So they made light pollution their enemy.

所以他們視光害為敵人

They darkened their towns so that the night sky

他們降低小鎮中的光線

could become their star attraction.

讓這裡的夜空得以成為吸引人的璀燦星空

Have you ever seen the Milky Way?

你有看過銀河嗎？

That goes from horizon to horizon?

從地平線的一端到另一端？

88% of the world's population

世界上 88% 的人

has never seen the Milky Way.

從沒看過銀河

It's the most magnificent thing in the world.

這是世界上最美妙的東西了

That's what we see here.

也是我們在這裡看到的

But for the towns to go dark

但為了讓小鎮變暗

they needed to cover all of their lights,

他們需要遮蓋所有燈光

not just streetlamps,

不只是路燈

but the lights outside every house and ranch near town.

還有所有屋外以及鄰近農場的燈光

That wasn't easy.

這不容易

This is a frontier town, and I can tell you,

這是個離邊界很近的城鎮，而我可以告訴你

frontier people don't like being told what to do.

邊境的居民不喜歡別人告訴他們該做什麼

We had to win their hearts and minds.

我們必須獲得他們的心、獲得他們的信任

It took 10 years.

這花了 10 年時間

They passed ordinances,

他們通過了相關法令

raised money to cover the streetlights,

集資來遮蓋街燈

and even build an observatory.

甚至建造觀測台

And the darker the town became,

而小鎮變得越暗

the more people saw the light.

更多人就能望見星光

This year, the valley's dark sky was designated

今年，這個山谷中的天空被指名為

as one of the darkest in the world,

世界上最暗的夜空之一

drawing visitors from all over.

吸引眾多觀光客前來朝聖

Okay.

好了

Might need a six-pack though (chuckles).

可能需要一位六塊腹肌壯丁 (咯咯笑)

Well I was really hopin' we'd be able to see Saturn by now.

我真的很希望今天能看到土星

Yeah, me too.

對，我也希望

That a community would decide to dim its lights

一個社區決定減少他們的燈光

and help everyone to appreciate the beauty

幫助所有人欣賞這個美麗的

of the night sky is an amazing thing.

夜空，是件很棒的事

You come to a place like this

你來到這樣一個地方

and the stars just, burst,

那些星星，像煙火一般爆發，遍佈夜空

and it's remarkable.

真的很棒

Not a lot of people are lucky enough to see the dark sky as our ancestors saw it,

沒有多少人像我們的祖先一樣幸運，能看到這樣的夜空

and I feel that we're a very special place

我覺得我們有個很特別的場所

to be able to look at the stars

能夠看到這些星星

as people did thousands of years ago.

如同千年以前的人們看到的

It's a humbling thing.

這相當震撼人心

Suddenly you realize you can almost touch it

突然你覺得你幾乎可以碰到它

and you're now a part of the bigger universe.

你覺得自己現在是偉大宇宙的一部分

And so it's just a wonderful experience

這是個非常美好的體驗

to see the dark skies.

得以看見如此的夜空

That's what we're tryin' to preserve.

這就是我們努力想維護的