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Hidden Cost of Light Pollution

Hidden Costs Series: Light Pollution

YouTube - Published by @TheHiddenCosts

Light pollution can be a hazard to our health. Just about every organism on the planet lives its life according to the rhythms of daytime and darkness. Excessive light can cause several human health problems -- from chronic fatigue and migraines to sexual dysfunction -- have also been linked to high-levels of light exposure.

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Light Pollution & Lighting Codes

Published by C. Luginbuhl in January 2013
An Analysis of the Light Pollution Control Effectiveness of the IDA-IES Model Lighting Ordinance and the IDA Pattern Outdoor Lighting Code U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (External link)

Published by C. Luginbuhl in January 2013

An Analysis of the Light Pollution Control Effectiveness of the IDA-IES Model Lighting Ordinance and the IDA Pattern Outdoor Lighting Code  U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station

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Losing the Dark

To help raise public awareness of some of the issues pertaining to light pollution, Loch Ness Productions in collaboration with the International Dark-Sky Association has created a 6.5-minute "public service announcement" called Losing the Dark. It introduces and illustrates some of the issues regarding light pollution, and suggests three simple actions people can take to help mitigate it.

Published by DarkSky International (Formally International Dark-Sky Association)

Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is washing away our view of the cosmos. It not only threatens astronomy, it disrupts wildlife, and affects human health. The yellow glows over cities and towns — seen so clearly from space — are testament to the billions spent in wasted energy from lighting up the sky.

To help raise public awareness of some of the issues pertaining to light pollution, Loch Ness Productions in collaboration with the International Dark-Sky Association has created a 6.5-minute "public service announcement" called Losing the Dark. It introduces and illustrates some of the issues regarding light pollution, and suggests three simple actions people can take to help mitigate it.

Losing the Dark was initially created in full-dome video format for digital planetarium use. It also has been made as a conventional flat screen video, for use in classrooms, kiosks, museum theaters, and advocate multimedia presentations. Classic planetarium theaters without fulldome capability can show this version using their traditional video projectors.

More information and links to downloads at: http://www.darksky.org/losingthedark

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