Photos from space of Cities lit by LEDs

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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…and apparently it makes a difference in Light Pollution levels:

After looking at the images, it’s not clear to me that LEDs add to light pollution in all cases, although they do make a difference in the quality of the light.

Astronomers could use a simple blocking filter to remove the yellow light from those sodium-vapor lamps that were widely used until recently. But LED light is broad-band (or, in some cases, multiple band), so you can’t do that.

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The video stated that it was affecting the sleep cycles of those people who weren’t familiar with curtain technology.

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Some people are just slow to adapt.

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so it makes light pollution worse, big deal

them city folk aint gonna see the stars anyway…they got to get out to where they be no peeps!

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My street has LED bulbs in the streetlights and I prefer them to the old sodium-vapor lights; the LEDs are brighter and whiter.