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(Scott T. Smith | Courtesy) Mary Bedingfieldsmith is helping lead an effort to curb light pollution in Torrey, pictured in the (Scott T. Smith | Courtesy) Mary Bedingfieldsmith is helping lead an effort to curb light pollution in Torrey, pictured in the (Scott T. Smith | Courtesy) Mary Bedingfieldsmith watches replacement of Torrey streetlights with dark-sky friendly lights at t (Scott T. Smith | Courtesy) Garkane Energy lineman Courney Cropper checks a newly installed dark-sky friendly LED streetlight i (Scott T. Smith | Courtesy) Garkane Energy lineman Courney Cropper checks a newly installed dark-sky friendly LED streetlight i (Scott T. Smith | Courtesy) The Milky Way and stars are visible in the sky above Highway 24 (Main Street) in Torrey, illuminate (Scott T. Smith | Courtesy) In the southern Utah town Torrey, the gateway to Capitol Reef National Park, old mercury vapor stre (Courtesy | Jacob W. Frank, NPS) The Milky Way arches over Capitol Reef National Parkís iconic Chimney Rock. (Scott T. Smith | Courtesy) Garkane Energy lineman Courney Cropper checks a newly installed dark-sky friendly LED streetlight i This image of the United States at night created by NASA Earth Observatory is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suom