The purpose of this project was to protect Acadia National Park’s night sky through quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Mount Desert Island lightscape. The project updated the external lighting inventory for the park, analyzed the light pollution coming from Bar Harbor, and conducted sky quality analysis of Acadia’s night sky. The project culminated in the submission of an application for provisional Dark Sky Park certification to Acadia.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Muntz, Lucas James
• Alsoby, Rayan Abdullah
• Sinkler, Charles
• Ogren, Liam Michael

Subject

• Environment
• Community
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-072915-102701

Keyword

• Light pollution

Advisor

• Bianchi, Frederick W.

Year

• 2015

Center

• Acadia National Park, Maine Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Acadia National Park

Date created

• 2015-07-29

Location

• Bar Harbor

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright