nice idea ... shame about the weather

Last Thursday they turned out all the street lights in Reykjavik for half an hour in the evening. The idea was to cut down on the light pollution so people could gaze at the night sky and see exciting things like stars, Northern lights etc. Well, I took a walk down my street to take a look. I saw one star. The problem was, this being Iceland, the whole sky was covered with clouds. Still it was kind of fun to walk down my street in the spooky darkness. There were lots of people milling around and chatting. So if nothing else it probably did a lot of good for the community spirit!