These Darkened Cities image series by Thierry Cohen is truly awe inspiring. Not only because he accurately portraits the skylines of major cities with no lighting whatsoever, but because the images remind us of the incredible show we city dwellers are missing every night.

LA, San Francisco or Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Paris, New York, Tokyo. Can you imagine if turn off all the lights of these big metropolises at night so people could look up and enjoy the moment of galaxy ...

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