Lights out

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In light (no pun intended) of the last post it was quite suprising to see more stories on the subject of light pollution filter into my news-stream, from the effect on cougars hunting in the western US to reduced pollination, affected sleep cycles and more. Although the dark sky movement has been going for a long time and reading through its site you can find out about the effects of light pollution on animals and humans, energy waste and more I guess we need people to stop being afraid of the dark but it would seem there could be a push to make artificial light a form of environmental pollution the same as other forms that we naturally consider to be pollution. For me this can only be a good thing, as i mentioned in my earlier post the benefits of simply turning the lights off could be immense.

A really good way of visualising how much light there really is in the world at night you can visit https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ and generate a map like;

But another interesting site i found is https://www.underluckystars.com/if-light-pollution-cleared just look at how the cities could be if we eliminated light pollution;

I love the dark, as i said there isnt enough of it and i really hope light pollution becomes a classified form of pollution worthy of action/sanctions.