| Light Pollution and the Surrounding Environment | | | | is simply a small annoyance. A common example of |
| Light pollution is a term that is often used to describe | | | | light trespass is light that shines into a dark room, which |
| excess light in an area or location. Its effects and | | | | many say creates sleep problems and the inability to |
| causes are continuously under debate, but there are | | | | see outside. This can include headlights from a car, a |
| certain effects of light pollution that can be irritating, and | | | | flashlight, etc. |
| according to some, even harmful to health and the | | | | Over-illumination simply refers to the extreme over-use |
| environment. | | | | of light, which can cause waste most people aren't |
| The term itself is subjective, and not everyone agrees | | | | even aware of. For example, the use of light in |
| that light pollution is a problem. Often, one person's "light | | | | excess, common in both residential and industrial areas, |
| pollution" could be another person's enjoyment, and | | | | can cost the nation the equivalent of 5 million barrels of |
| vice versa. If a car's headlights shine into your room, | | | | oil (equivalent) per day. Over-illumination is easy to fix: |
| causing you to wake up and sleep poorly, it is | | | | simply turn off the lights in your home and at work |
| considered light trespass, a milder form of 'light | | | | when they're not in use, employ energy saving lights, |
| pollution." | | | | implement timer systems, choose the correct fixtures; |
| If an area is so filled with light you cannot see the night | | | | basically, train your household or employees to use light |
| sky, the phenomenon is considered light pollution. A | | | | effectively and without waste. |
| night-time sporting event is considered light pollution, as | | | | The term "sky glow" is referred to when the all the |
| is over-illumination or the excess use of lights. | | | | lights of a city create a hazy, glowing effect in the sky. |
| Light pollution is also the cause of the moving of | | | | "Sky glow" is the result of all the lights combined into a |
| several observatories away from brightly lit areas. An | | | | mess of directions and released into the surrounding |
| excess of light results in the inability to study the sky, | | | | atmosphere. For example, if you go a few miles |
| and this is detrimental to an institution that relies on the | | | | outside of a big city at night, you can see the glow, |
| sky for information. | | | | sometimes faint, other times strong, of light being |
| There are several common types of 'light pollution' that | | | | refracted into the sky. It is a special annoyance to |
| are typically quoted by those adhering to the belief that | | | | astronomers, who cannot accurately study a |
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| Three of the main culprits include: light trespass, | | | | Newsom writes for the uk Lights. Please visit us for |
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| Light trespass is usually the effect of an accident and | | | | |