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Dark Sky Lighting

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Re: Dark Sky Lighting

#21

My only gripe with amber lights is that they make me sleepy easily.

Feature not a bug Simply existing in a city should not compel you or other creatures to stay awake If a person wants to stay awake at night then they can take that upon themselves

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Re: Dark Sky Lighting

#22

My only gripe with amber lights is that they make me sleepy easily.

Feature not a bug Simply existing in a city should not compel you or other creatures to stay awake If a person wants to stay awake at night then they can take that upon themselves

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Re: Dark Sky Lighting

#23

My only gripe with amber lights is that they make me sleepy easily.

Feature not a bug Simply existing in a city should not compel you or other creatures to stay awake If a person wants to stay awake at night then they can take that upon themselves

There is no "person A's sky only receives light from lamp A and person B's sky only receives light from lamp B" repeated 500,000 times. Both will make their own "simply existing in a city should not..." and "they can take that upon themselves" arguments about it and the problem that it's about what should be done with public space rather than the inside of their homes will still remain.

The article would be a lot shorter if it were as easy as individuals taking on their own citywide lighting choice and perspective. Signed as someone who now lives in a much, much smaller "city" than before :).

Re: Dark Sky Lighting

#24
I was staying on the main page waiting for something to happen, and then I realize I should scroll down!

I love the concept, but not sure how we can convince everyone to follow.

Re: Dark Sky Lighting

#25
There are some nice curb-cut effects of dark-sky lighting:

- The circadian rhythms of birds and nocturnal creatures are less severely affected

- Amber lights produce less insomnia

- The dumb streetlight across the street doesn't blind me from my bedroom window

Re: Dark Sky Lighting

#26

The safety argument for street lighting makes me sad. I'd prefer if people just used their phone torches at night. I used to cycle home in pitch black, watching the stars. Never had any incidents, others would notice me or I them before anything happened

I’ve been in cities with inadequate street lighting, and driving in them at night is terrifying. Car lights are not an adequate substitute on a busy road. I agree that in small towns and the country, street lighting is unnecessary.

Re: Dark Sky Lighting

#28
I wish they made lights monochromatic in one R, one G, one B wavelength, that way they'd be easier to filter out in astrophotography.

Sodium lights were acutally kind of nice because they're mildly filterable with dinodymium glass.

Re: Dark Sky Lighting

#29

> Too much light ... makes us less safe by creating harsh shadows and giving criminals a place to hide. LMAO

It does link a couple studies to back up that claim. Critiques of those studies or evidence for the opposite would contribute to the conversation; this does not.

Re: Dark Sky Lighting

#30
post #28

I wish they made lights monochromatic in one R, one G, one B wavelength, that way they'd be easier to filter out in astrophotography. Sodium lights were acutally kind of nice because they're mildly filterable with dinodymium glass.

I think the heat differentials and particulates would still make city astrophotography pretty sub par.
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