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W Hall
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light pollution
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11/30/2009 4:45:39 PM
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I hope this posting is not out of line. I think the subject is so important to LM and everywhere else also.
Outdoor Lighting and Your Health Starry Night Lights has advocated for night sky friendly outdoor lighting for many years now. Night sky friendly lights are light fixtures which send all the light that they produce down onto the ground beneath them, where it’s needed, not wastefully up into the night sky in the form of light pollution. We have argued about how light pollution reduces our view of the night sky. We have explained how expensive it is to wastefully shine light when and where it is not needed. We have even raised the issue of how light pollution is a threat to nocturnal creatures. Well, researchers are continuing to study how light at night can affect humans. Study after study is uncovering more clues about how light at night impacts our health. The implications warrant our action. American Medical Association Against Light Pollution RESOLVED, That our American Medical Association advocate that all future outdoor lighting be of energy efficient designs to reduce waste of energy and production of greenhouse gasses that result from this wasted energy use (New HOD Policy); and be it further
RESOLVED, That our AMA support light pollution reduction efforts and glare reduction efforts at both the national and state levels “We have lost the experience of looking at the dark skies because most people live in cities and towns, which are badly affected by light pollution. Some might be able to find the North Star or the Plough (Big Dipper) but most would be unable to identify any constellations at all. Looking at an unspoilt night sky speaks to something very primitive in us. Astronomy was one of the first instances when human beings encountered something outside their experience and tried to explain it” – Steve Owens, the UK co-ordinator for Unesco’s International Year of Astronomy Regards,
Anthony Arrigo President - Starry Night Lights www.StarryNightLights.com (877) 604-7377 www.StarryNightLights.com
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Tarpon
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12/1/2009 3:47:30 PM
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Sure would be nice if LMAR would get behind an effort to reduce light pollution on the lake. Many wonderful evenings could be spent year-round viewing the night sky from decks, docks and boats.
Here's a copy of my August 26th post on this subject:
You folks have touched on one of my favorite subjects. Light pollution here at Lake Martin can really take away enjoyment of night skies and it doesn't need to happen since there are shields that could be installed on the pole mounted mercury vapor security lights that direct, as noted in another post, the light downward into the area requiring light, i.e. driveway, entrance, etc. We have a neighbor who turns on a mercury vapor floodlight, pole mounted at about 20', that shines directly at our house. Because of the reflection, we get a double dose of his light. They don't understand (I have spoken to him about the light problem with modest success) how intrusive the light becomes at our docks and even into our house.
It would be nice if LMAR and/or HOBO's take some action and try to get shields on lights to prevent intrusion into other owners property.
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W Hall
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12/1/2009 4:34:37 PM
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Yes, I agree that an education project concerning light pollution would be wonderful. I don't believe that people want their light to be intrusive to others, but with an understanding of how harmful it is to wildlife, neighbors and the night sky they would be more careful to not pollute with light.
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John C
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I'm all for
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12/1/2009 6:38:55 PM
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keeping things looking nice, but I am a little worried that the AMA is worried about light pollution. Kinda out of their scope, IMO. I would have thought that they have other things to worry about, what with the health care industry and all.
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Edge
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light pollution
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12/1/2009 10:09:54 PM
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Are you talking about my flood lights and underwater fish lights?
LOL!
See you this weekend.....Edge
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Summer Lover
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12/2/2009 9:43:58 AM
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Let me tell you about a spotlight I got last year - has a 35 w HID bulb - talk about lighting up the night.....
We use rope lights around the deck/steps on the lake side, and have a 20 w spotlight mounted to the side of the pier that illuminates the flag on a 20' pole. None of this destroys the star viewing, and we are fortunate to not have neighbors that have lighting that is visible from space.
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Tarpon
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12/2/2009 12:22:16 PM
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Summer Lover, you sound like a good neighbor. Wish more folks would pay attention to their outdoor lighting. Security lights that are mounted high to light entryways, etc. can be shielded to prevent the light pattern scattering horizontally and intruding on neighboring properties.
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