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How Light Pollution Works

Stuff You Should Know

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The Problems With Skyglow

There's called clutter, which is described by Olivia as bright, confusing or excessive groups of lights. Confusing is that we have something called contrast illumination that we use for night vision. Blue Wave Link, LED lights are particularly problematic with Skyglow because those Blue Wave Link light actually travels very far and can create Skyglow hundreds of miles away from the city.

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