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This Great Big Story was made possible by Wells Fargo. Established 1852. Re-Established 2018.
感謝成立于1852年，重建于2018年的 對(duì)本期“偉大的故事”的大力支持。
There's a lot to love about living in a big, bright city.
生活在一個(gè)光明的大城市有很多值得熱愛的地方：
People, culture, late-night food.
人、文化、夜宵。
But there's something missing.
但城市還是缺少了一樣?xùn)|西。
It's there, but you can't see it.
它就在那里，但你看不見。
The night sky.
那就是夜空。
This is the story about a small town in Colorado.
這是一個(gè)關(guān)于科羅拉多州小鎮(zhèn)的故事。
Actually, two small towns in Colorado.
其實(shí)是科羅拉多州的兩個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)。
That are devoted to space.
這是兩個(gè)熱愛太空的小鎮(zhèn)。
Westcliffe has a population of 564 residents, and Silver Cliff has a population of 575.
韋斯特克利夫人口564，錫爾弗克利夫人口575。
This used to be a mining community and then it evolved into a railroad community, and then into a ranching community.
這里曾經(jīng)是一個(gè)采礦社區(qū)，后來變成了一個(gè)鐵路社區(qū)，最后變成了一個(gè)牧場(chǎng)社區(qū)。
We're always looking to do something that will bring people into our community,
我們總是希望做一些能夠吸引大家來我們社區(qū)的事情，
and lately that seems to be we need to invest in our sky.
而最近似乎我們需要投資我們的天空了。
So they made light pollution their enemy.
所以他們視光污染為他們的敵人。
They darkened their towns so that the night sky could become their star attraction.
他們讓鎮(zhèn)上變黑，為的是讓夜空成為他們的重磅明星。
Have you ever seen the Milky Way, that goes from horizon to horizon?
你見過從地平線的一頭延伸到另一頭的銀河嗎？
88% of the world's population has never seen the Milky Way.
世界上88％的人口都從未見過銀河。
It's the most magnificent thing in the world.
而銀河是世界上最壯麗的事物。
That's what we see here.
但我們?cè)谶@里能看到。
But for the towns to go dark, they needed to cover all of their lights,
然而，為了讓城鎮(zhèn)變黑，他們需要遮住所有的燈光，
not just streetlamps, but the lights outside every house and ranch near town.
不僅僅是路燈，還有每棟房子外面和城鎮(zhèn)附近牧場(chǎng)的燈。
That wasn't easy.
這并不容易。
This is a frontier town, and I can tell you, frontier people don't like being told what to do.
這里是一個(gè)邊境小鎮(zhèn)，而且，我可以告訴你，住在邊境上的人都不喜歡被別人使喚。
We had to win their hearts and minds.
要讓他們配合，我們必須從心里說服他們。
It took 10 years.
我們花了10年的時(shí)間。
They passed ordinances, raised money to cover the streetlights, and even build an observatory.
他們通過了法令，也籌到了遮蓋路燈的資金，甚至還建了一座天文臺(tái)。
And the darker the town became, the more people saw the light.
小鎮(zhèn)變得越黑暗，能看到光明的人就越多。
This year, the valley's dark sky was designated as one of the darkest in the world, drawing visitors from all over.
今年，這個(gè)山谷天空被認(rèn)定為世界上最黑暗的天空之一，為此吸引了來自世界各地的游客。
Okay. Might need a six-pack though.
好了。但可能還是需要一個(gè)六件套。
Well I was really hopin' we'd be able to see Saturn by now.
好吧，我真的非常期待我們現(xiàn)在能夠看到土星。
Yeah, me too.
我也是。
That a community would decide to dim its lights and help everyone to appreciate the beauty of the night sky is an amazing thing.
一個(gè)社區(qū)將決定調(diào)暗它的燈光，讓每個(gè)人都能欣賞夜空的美麗是一件了不起的事情。
You come to a place like this and the stars just, burst, and it's remarkable.
來到這樣一個(gè)地方，這里的星星感覺就像會(huì)爆發(fā)一樣，真的是非常了不起。
Not a lot of people are lucky enough to see the dark sky as our ancestors saw it,
不是很多人都有那個(gè)運(yùn)氣看到像我們的祖先看到的那么深邃的天空的，
and I feel that we're a very special place to be able to look at the stars as people did thousands of years ago.
我覺得我們這兒是一個(gè)非常特別的地方，能夠像幾千年前的人們一樣看星星。
It's a humbling thing.
這是一段會(huì)讓人謙卑的經(jīng)歷。
Suddenly you realize you can almost touch it and you're now a part of the bigger universe.
突然間你會(huì)覺得你差一點(diǎn)就能夠夠到夜空了，覺得你現(xiàn)在是整個(gè)宇宙的一部分。
And so it's just a wonderful experience to see the dark skies.
反正能看到黑暗的天空真的是一種無比美妙的體驗(yàn)。
That's what we're tryin' to preserve.
這就是我們想努力保護(hù)的東西。
