Illinois town becomes official 'dark sky' community
The community seeks to raise awareness of other negative effects of light pollution, including energy, health and ecological concerns.
Photo: NASA
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Wouldn't this cause concerns in citizen's safety? In the cities we have street lights in order to protect those walking alone in the dark. I wonder if the crime rate will rise at all.
Every time we have clear winter skies and a good Northern Lights prediction, I wish there was less light in my neighborhood. If there were less light, I could see a great display from my balcony. That would be wondrous. On the other hand, if my neighborhood were that dark all the time, I would not consider it a safe place to live. There's enough ruckus even with the lighting. So, it's like one of my values collides with another of my values. But the fact is, you have to go a good ways to find.... More
I wonder if you could use lighting that reduced light pollution by focusing the light more at lower levels. I am trying to remember what they did for sea turtles in Florida. I know that much of it was away from the beach areas but in places where there was a need for light for safety on the beach, they used a combo of non-white light and specially designed lighting. I don't remember how it worked though. I am with you though--I rarely see stars AT ALL here because of the light pollution..... More
