(what is with those streetlights tho)

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    1 year ago

    Defective LEDs with massively reduced service lives made it out of the factory and into streetlights around the world. If you ever see a purple street light, a failing LED module is the cause.

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      1 year ago

      none like that around here. they’re all blindingly bright af along the main streets and downtown–probably 4-5x as many lamps in each fixture as actually needed, and going up and down hills they shine right in your eyes because they don’t have adequate shades keeping the light ‘down’.

      residential areas still have the much easier-on-the-eyes sodium vapor lights, though–for now.

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        I know a guy that very was vocal against street lights in the 90’s.

        He was/is an amateur astronomer that modified his rooftop to be an actual telescope and the street lamps were angled in a certain way that like 40% of the light produced by them was shinning to the sky, making his observations harder to perform.

        He went to my school to warn about light pollution and also teach us about planets and all that good stuff.

        I think he became frustrated and quitted because last time I saw anything about him he was all about rescuing dogs from the street. :/