Earth Hour: March 28, 2009
For 1 hour across 24 global hours
most of the world joined together
(an amazing feat in and of itself!)
to do exactly the same thing -

enjoy the darkness...

It was incredibly illuminating!

The best group of photos we have found is on the Boston Globe website. As you click on each one, it fades from lights on to lights off during Earth Hour. Unfortunately it doesn't have it all. Below is NYC taken before and after, shot by Joergen Geerds. Even more unfortunately, NYC was pitiful compared to other cities. Stony Brook U was worse. We stood outside looking at the glow of the campus in the fog from a quarter of a mile away - and it never dimmed.

We have not been able to find the panorama of Hong Kong Harbor we saw that night but of all the cities in the world, we think Hong Kong did the most amazing job. Renowned for its light displays, for that one hour it could barely be seen. Now we need to do this more than one hour a year. All cities should begin by going dark at 1am every night.

Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/earth_hour_2009.html
 

New York City Before and During Earth Hour 2009
by Joergen Geerds at http://newyorkpanorama.com

Sydney Harbour, Australia
Before and During Earth Hour 2009

http://www.earthhour.org