How does humanity lose the sky of the night

On August 14, 2003, shortly after 4 pm, Todd Carlson was lying on his sofa in Goodwood, Oanton, about 60 km northeast of Toronto, when power came out. Initially, he does not think much. It may be the case of a local adapter.

But then something happens to him. What if this continues at night?

“After ten seconds, he struck me: this may be good for a selfish astronomy man,” he said.

The sky was clear, the atmosphere was stable and that the lights were outside. It was a dream of an astronomer.

Power is no longer any time soon. Instead, he was expelled in parts of Ontario, the northeastern United States and the Middle West for hours. In some places, two days lasted. While cities such as Toronto, New York and Cleveland were congestion in traffic congestion and chaos, Karlson was in its element.