#astrodon and #SaveTheNightSky story time!
It's been almost exactly 1 year since CNN sent a crew to Regina to film me talking about satellite pollution. Their video story is really excellent: https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/04/04/spacex-satellite-pollution-gothere-cnn-plus.cnn
(side note: I knitted the hat and the cowl I'm wearing in different parts of the interview!)
It was really really neat to work with a mega-professional CNN crew! The first day, they actually came to my farm and set up for a night interview with lights, so it would match the night satellite filming.
They also took a few shots of my goats, which I'm extremely disappointed did not make it into the final cut!
Fortunately the weather cooperated, and the 3rd night of their visit was predicted to be perfectly clear to the north of Regina. So they picked me up and we drove about 100km north-ish from the city.
During the long drive, it was FASCINATING to get to chat with a CNN producer and reporter about different stories they'd covered!
We eventually got far enough from Regina that we would have Bortle 0/1 skies, and found a random snowy field next to a dirt road to set up in.
The night started at -25C or so and kept dropping, which is very typical winter temperature here, but was much colder than any member of this super-seasoned news crew had ever experienced!
The camera equipment kept freezing up, batteries stopped working, and screens gave up.
Prof. Sam Lawler
Leanne