I‘m on vacation in a rural area with less #LightPolution right now. Just in time for the #Perseids 💫

It's really hard to tell from this photo because there's so much light pollution on our street, but the moon is pinkish-orange tonight

I think it's from smoke from the wild fires🔥 in Canada 🇨🇦

#moon #lightPolution #sky #photography

More than 170 species of fireflies light up North America's nights, but several are threatened by light pollution, pesticides and climate change. #darkskyawareness #climatechange #LightPolution #pesticide https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2023/06/02/firefly-lightning-bug-extinction-explained/70257108007/?fbclid=IwAR0TfgDb1u6toO1Bsvd8_DKzIdyTcVoRkOSbyJEfAW6630hG9GtsMh3Ll70

Time of year to repeat an unpopular opinion: #EarthHour is an unfortunate #WWF initiative, allowing municipalities and companies to do #greenwashing for 1 hour, when they could do it on all the other nights of the year. The aim of the initiative is to raise awareness on the reduction of energy, but systematically omitting the impacts of artificial light at night #ALAN #lightpolution. It's a pity, because reducing light always brings about reducing energy, while the reverse is not true.

To the naked eye it just looked like grey haze. Light pollution ruins the night sky. #northernlights #auroraborealis #nightphotography #photography #lightpolution #darktable @darktable

#poluiçãoluminosa #lightpolution

https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/03/08/23/artificial-light-makes-caterpillars-easy-prey-study

#poluiçãoluminosa #darkskypark #IDA #lightpolution

https://gizmodo.uol.com.br/brasil-tem-1o-parque-protegido-contra-poluicao-luminosa-da-america-latina/

A big article on #lightpolution in the new issue of The New Yorker, on the new book from @JohanEklof , “The Darkness Manifesto”

#TheNewYorker

“Is Artificial Light Poisoning the Planet?
A Swedish ecologist argues that its ubiquity is wrecking our habitats—and our health.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/27/darkness-manifesto-book-johan-eklof

#bats #vleermuizen #lightpolution #biodiversity
by Sonia Sánchez-Navarro

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353195058_How_to_leave_the_church_light_avoidance_by_brown_long-eared_bats

https://open.spotify.com/track/1mlWYasuzbjZd60GBgus3I

Look up at the heavens above
I know there's so much more
Blinded by man-made light
The stars above were there before

We destroyed the earth
Sold her out for gold and oil
We erased the stars in heaven
Allowed our once dark sky to spoil

A synthetic amber glow of ignorance
Cancels out my beloved stars
I once saw constellations infinite
Now my space bares human scars

#lightpolution

https://open.spotify.com/track/1mlWYasuzbjZd60GBgus3I

Look up at the heavens above
I know there's so much more
Blinded by man-made light
The stars above were there before

We destroyed the earth
Sold her out for gold and oil
We erased the stars in heaven
Allowed our once dark sky to spoil

A synthetic amber glow of ignorance
Cancels out my beloved stars
I once saw constellations infinite
Now my space bares human scars

#lightpolution

Even if #ALAN (Artificial Light At Night) is always a #pollutant, there are exceptional people who really cares about the impacts of light & thinks theoretically on how to reduce its impacts. One of those people is Dr. Karolina M. Zielińska-Dąbkowska, responsible for the #ROLAN Manifesto (Responsible Outdoor Lighting At Night Manifesto). For those who deal with light at night, please read the manifesto.
#lightpolution
https://www.arc-magazine.com/rolan-publishes-manifesto-for-outdoor-lighting/

Bela manhã ensolarada?
Não, noite, #LEDbranco de 4000 K, 25 lux à janela. #poluiçãoluminosa
#lightpolution #pollutionlumineuse #contaminacionluminica

I am a city person. I like living in a city and I have no desire to move somewhere rural, or worse, suburban. And clearly the best way to improve cities would be to remove cars. Safer streets, healthier air, less noise. But, when I think about what I regret the most about living in a city it's #LightPolution. I wish I could see the stars.

Um excelente artigo de Karolina Zielinska-Dabrowska, “Healthier and Environmentally Responsible Sustainable Cities and Communities. A New Design Framework and Planning Approach for Urban Illumination”. Importante contributo para o controlo e a redução da #PoluiçãoLuminosa.

#LightPolution #ContaminacionLuminica #PollutionLumineuse #IluminaçãoUrbana

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/21/14525

If you are interested in #lightpolution have a look at this interactive map.
#astronomy

https://www.lightpollutionmap.info