[deepinthewoods]

saw this photo and i was abit shocked, just goes to show. south eastern usa.

[Lesley Silvester]

Doesn't surprise me.  Disgust yet, surprise no.

[Fleecewife]

Deepinthewoods - you've raised one of my favourite (or is that least favourite) bugbears.
 
How can we possibly cut down the amount of power which has to be generated when we are so profligate with its use?   We don't NEED all that light washing up into the Heavens - it's easy enough to shade it, or to turn off most of the lights left on at night.
And give a thought to all the animals and in particular birds, which are disrupted by nights being so bright.
 
Imagine what our world looked like before electric light 

[MikeM]

we used to live bathed in the glow of London, so I take great satisfaction now whenever I see light maps of the UK to see I live in one of the darkest areas. It sounds daft to some, but I really appreciate the dark.

[deepinthewoods]

uk is worse!

[Fleecewife]

I recently flew back from the Continent over the North Sea at night and there were so many bright ships lights that I couldn't tell when I was over the land and when I was over the sea.  Ship lights are understandable though as they have to see to work.

[jaykay]

It's one of the things I love most about living where I do - it's properly dark. I didn't know there were so many stars!

It's very bad for the planet, but if I lived in some of our big cities mind you, I'd want them lit like daylight - scary places in the dark 

[bucketman]

look at this link
http://www.avex-asso.org/dossiers/pl/uk/index.html

[bucketman]

We dont have Light Pollution here and when its not cloudy the start our brill 

[Wendy@blueborage]

Yes; light pollution is depressing  it's far better to see the natural wonder of the night sky (although I agree about cities in the dark... )  Light pollution must really disorientate wildlife; I've heard birds sing into the night under street lights.  I was interested to read, though, a couple of weeks ago that migratory birds are using artificial light to forage longer i.e. using their sight (this was seen in a study of common redshank in the Forth Estuary).  This is benefiting them - so it seems some wildlife is adapting after all.  But, overall, it has to be doing more harm than good. 

Wendy@blueborage


blueborage.blogspot.com

[MAK]

No lights here either and we seem to be having a lot of shooting stars these last 2 nights.

If you google it there is an image of the earth from space showing half the western hemisphere at night ( using artifical light) and the east in day light. 
You may also find another clever image that has been created showing all the earth at night and the use of artifical light across the world. Scarey  as just over one hundred  and a few years ago we had no electric light and minimal light pollution. 

[quiltycats]

Thanks to my cats predilection for playing the *in and out game* I can now tell the time by Orion's place in the sky...no light pollution here, but when driving at night over the moors I do sometimes wonder if Teeside is on fire...

[jaykay]

.....and if not, if it ought to be 

(lived and worked there for 12 years)

[in the hills]

Find the lights of the town a bit scary and "odd" feeling now ...... feels like we have created a really strange world.


Glad my children are growing up knowing what "dark" really is. Mind you my daughter did ask a couple of years ago ...... "What's that called? .....   twas a street light .  Perhaps we need to get out a bit more 

[Fowgill Farm]

.....and if not, if it ought to be 

(lived and worked there for 12 years)

me too nearly ten years at Wilton, 99-end 2008, mind saying thats these days its a shadow of its former self. Lot of the site lights demolished and gone.
Mandy