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The Earth from space, looking at the night side and seeing yellow lights burning brightly where there are cities on North America.

To help raise public awareness of some of the issues pertaining to light pollution, Loch Ness Productions in collaboration with DarkSky has created Losing the Dark in fulldome video format for digital planetarium use, and as a conventional flat-screen video. It’s on YouTube, available for online viewing, sharing, and embedding on blogs and Web pages.

This page contains downloads in various video formats, so Losing the Dark can be used in classrooms, kiosks, museum theaters, and advocate multimedia presentations. Classic planetarium theaters without fulldome capability can show this version using their traditional video projectors.

Losing the Dark has no license fee and may be downloaded using the links on this page.

We have just a few requests:

  • Please let us know you downloaded it, and where you will show it.
  • Please show Losing the Dark unaltered, in its entirety.
  • Please tell audiences how they can get more information about light pollution and how to combat it — by referring them to the DarkSky International website: darksky.org.

Losing the Dark is available in several popular video sizes, formats, and languages. Save the ZIP file to your computer (the usual right-click on the link and ‘Save As…’ routine). Unzip the download to extract the files for playback on your device.

If you don’t see the language you want, click here.

IN PLANNING/PRODUCTION
Dutch Greek Portuguese
Format Size Download 16:9 Video
Windows MediaWindows Media Video(WMV)
Recommended for Personal Media Players
320 x 180 pixels~42 M  US English LTD_0320x0180wmv_US.zip

 Brazilian/Portuguese LTD_0320x0180wmv_BR.zip

 Cantonese LTD_0320x0180wmv_CT.zip

 French LTD_0320x0180wmv_FR.zip

 German LTD_0320x0180wmv_DE.zip

 Hebrew LTD_0320x0180wmv_HE.zip

 Hindi LTD_0320x0180wmv_HI.zip

 Italian LTD_0320x0180wmv_IT.zip

 Japanese LTD_0320x0180wmv_JP.zip

 Kannada LTD_0320x0180wmv_KA.zip

 Korean LTD_0320x0180wmv_KR.zip

 Norwegian LTD_0320x0180wmv_NO.zip

 Mandarin LTD_0320x0180wmv_CN.zip

 Polish LTD_0320x0180wmv_PL.zip

 Russian LTD_0320x0180wmv_RU.zip

 Spanish LTD_0320x0180wmv_SP.zip

 Turkish LTD_0320x0180wmv_TU.zip

Windows MediaWindows Media Video(WMV)
Recommended for Personal Media PlayersNetbooks, PC devices
640 x 360 pixels~280 MB   US English LTD_0640x0360wmv_US.zip

  Brazilian Portuguese LTD_0640x0360wmv_BR.zip

 Cantonese LTD_0640x0360wmv_CT.zip

 French LTD_0640x0360wmv_FR.zip

 German LTD_0640x0360wmv_DE.zip

 Hebrew LTD_0640x0360wmv_HE.zip

 Hindi LTD_0640x0360wmv_HI.zip

 Italian LTD_0640x0360wmv_IT.zip

 Japanese LTD_0640x0360wmv_JP.zip

 Kannada LTD_0640x0360wmv_KA.zip

 Korean LTD_0640x0360wmv_KR.zip

 Norwegian LTD_0640x0360wmv_NO.zip

 Mandarin LTD_0640x0360wmv_CN.zip

 Polish LTD_0640x0360wmv_PL.zip

 Russian LTD_0640x0360wmv_RU.zip

 Spanish LTD_0640x0360wmv_SP.zip

 Turkish LTD_0640x0360wmv_TU.zip

MPEG-2MPEG-2(MPG)
Recommended for PC devices
640 x 360 pixels~448 MB  US English LTD_0640x0360mpg_US.zip

 Brazilian Portuguese LTD_0640x0360mpg_BR.zip

 Cantonese LTD_0640x0360mpg_CT.zip

 French LTD_0640x0360mpg_FR.zip

 German LTD_0640x0360mpg_DE.zip

 Hebrew LTD_0640x0360mpg_HE.zip

 Hindi LTD_0640x0360mpg_HI.zip

 Italian LTD_0640x0360mpg_IT.zip

 Japanese LTD_0640x0360mpg_JP.zip

 Kannada LTD_0640x0360mpg_KA.zip

 Korean LTD_0640x0360mpg_KR.zip

 Norwegian LTD_0640x0360mpg_NO.zip

 Mandarin LTD_0640x0360mpg_CN.zip

 Polish LTD_0640x0360mpg_PL.zip

 Russian LTD_0640x0360mpg_RU.zip

 Spanish LTD_0640x0360mpg_SP.zip

 Turkish LTD_0640x0360mpg_TU.zip

QuickTimeQuickTime(MOV)
Recommended for SmartPhones, iPad Mini
640 x 360 pixels~363 MB
US English LTD_0640x0360mov_US.zip

Brazilian Portuguese LTD_0640x0360mov_BR.zip

Cantonese LTD_0640x0360mov_CT.zip

French LTD_0640x0360mov_FR.zip

German LTD_0640x0360mov_DE.zip

Hebrew LTD_0640x0360mov_HE.zip

Hindi LTD_0640x0360mov_HI.zip


Italian LTD_0640x0360mov_IT.zip


Japanese LTD_0640x0360mov_JP.zip


Kannada LTD_0640x0360mov_KA.zip


Korean LTD_0640x0360mov_KR.zip


Norwegian LTD_0640x0360mov_NO.zip


Mandarin LTD_0640x0360mov_CN.zip


Polish LTD_0640x0360mov_PL.zip


Russian LTD_0640x0360mov_RU.zip


Spanish LTD_0640x0360mov_SP.zip


Turkish LTD_0640x0360mov_TU.zip

QuickTimeQuickTime(MOV)
Recommended for Tablets, laptops
1280 x 720 pixels~587 MB  US English LTD_1280x0720mov_US.zip

 Brazilian Portuguese LTD_1280x0720mov_BR.zip

 Cantonese LTD_1280x0720mov_CT.zip

 French LTD_1280x0720mov_FR.zip

 German LTD_1280x0720mov_DE.zip

 Hebrew LTD_1280x0720mov_HE.zip

 Hindi LTD_1280x0720mov_HI.zip

 Italian LTD_1280x0720mov_IT.zip

 Japanese LTD_1280x0720mov_JP.zip

 Kannada LTD_1280x0720mov_KA.zip

 Korean LTD_1280x0720mov_KR.zip

 Norwegian LTD_1280x0720mov_NO.zip

 Mandarin LTD_1280x0720mov_CN.zip

 Polish LTD_1280x0720mov_PL.zip

 Russian LTD_1280x0720mov_RU.zip

 Spanish LTD_1280x0720mov_SP.zip

 Turkish LTD_1280x0720mov_TU.zip

HDH.264/AAC(MP4)
Recommended for TV / Data projectors
1920 x 1080 pixels~392 MB  US English LTD_1920x1080mp4_US.zip

 Brazilian Portuguese LTD_1920x1080mp4_BR.zip

 Cantonese LTD_1920x1080mp4_CT.zip

 French LTD_1920x1080mp4_FR.zip

 German LTD_1920x1080mp4_DE.zip

 Hebrew LTD_1920x1080mp4_HE.zip

 Hindi LTD_1920x1080mp4_HI.zip

 Italian LTD_1920x1080mp4_IT.zip

 Japanese LTD_1920x1080mp4_JP.zip

 Kannada LTD_1920x1080mp4_KA.zip

 Korean LTD_1920x1080mp4_KR.zip

 Norwegian LTD_1920x1080mp4_NO.zip

 Mandarin LTD_1920x1080mp4_CN.zip

 Polish LTD_1920x1080mp4_PL.zip

 Russian LTD_1920x1080mp4_RU.zip

 Spanish LTD_1920x1080mp4_SP.zip

 Turkish LTD_1920x1080mp4_TU.zip