Stunning Photos Show What Cities Would Look Like If We Turned Off the Lights

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

When you're a city dweller, it's hard to believe that there's a beautiful night sky above all that light pollution.

But by lending to each city's iconic monuments and architecture the starry skies of more isolated locationson the same latitude, French photographer Thierry Cohen has figured out a way to give major metropolises like New York, Paris and Tokyo the gift of a crystal clear sky.

Cohen told the New York Times that his work aims to remind people of the starry universe that surrounds them, even if they can't always see it. Cohen said massive population growth and subsequent light pollution has created a typical city resident who "forgets and no longer understands nature."

"To show him stars is to help him dream again," he said.

With images like these, maybe the newest generation of urbanites can start becoming more environmentally conscience — and make these dreamlike photographs a reality.

San Francisco

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New York City

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Tokyo

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Paris

http://mic.com/articles/103704/stun...s-would-look-like-if-we-turned-off-the-lights

 

[FLYINHAWAIIAN]

If the cities looked like this folks would get spooked out thinking something supernatural was about to happen

 

[muse]

So basically, picture a blacked out city with stars in the background

 

[bigmac]

So basically, picture a blacked out city with stars in the background

Get a render of a cityscape at night and add a standard star-based brush on Photoshop brehs.

 

[isaygotdamn]

im having a hard time believing these are an accurate representation of how it would ACTUALLY look.......

 

[Camammal]

you know damn well you ain't seeing those stars in ny

 

[Auger]

Y'all don't remember the blackout in 2003? Toronto NY?

The stars were actually that bright, remember looking up and was legit shocked there were that many

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

is this what the sky in NYC looked like when the black out happened in '03?
i doubt it...too much smog i would think.

 

[Remote]

Yeah, I think there would be too much air pollution to see the stars that clearly in New York.

A few years ago when I was in DR for Christmas, I was able to see the stars for probably the first time since I was a kid.
It's a beautiful thing.

These are cool pictures, though.

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

Why are motherfukkers hating enjoy the pics

 

[Micky Mikey]

"We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt"
- Cooper from Interstellar

 

[Easy-E]

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

"We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt"
- Cooper from Interstellar

Chris nolan said his reason for doing this film was to get people interested in space exploration again and I have a feeling that he might've just pulled it off

 

[NotaPAWG]

Get a render of a cityscape at night and add a standard star-based brush on Photoshop brehs.

actually that's pretty accurate considering light pollution drowns out the ability to really see stars like you would in the middle of no where, where there's little to no light pollution..

@Camammal

 

[Rack4K]

visible stars in nyc...nice pics tho