Comments on: The Brightest Spots on Earth

By: steppersor

steppersor — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:00:33 +0000

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By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:41:25 +0000

"We can see just fine in Vegas" of course you can. its the brightest place on earth.

By: Franko

Franko — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:02:59 +0000

God is brightest; Sex, Drugs, Entertainment, and Gambling
Outshine the Zombies of the Devil Osama !

By: iamprince

iamprince — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:38:22 +0000

Hello everybody,

I was not @ all surprised to see that HOLY MECCA is visible from the skies, It is written that we cannot see many cities cuase of pollution,
but that is not correct, the real reason is what u see in mecca is not the lights, but the some natural power, which has been like this since the start of the earth.

By: Andrew L.

Andrew L. — Sun, 04 May 2008 03:31:26 +0000

Our village has gone out of its way to replace older streetlights with newer, more efficient lights - but also replace the old lenses that scattered the light. the new lights shine down ONLY. The result is a HUGE decrease on the amount of light pollution! We are a suburb with a tough battle between the safety of the lights and the natural beauty of the dark.

By: BB

BB — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:49:18 +0000

I live in Vegas and use my backyard telescope regularly. We watch the milky way. (I never saw that in LA or Mexico City) Light pollution is much worse when compounded by particulates in the air.

We can see just fine in Vegas.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:07:31 +0000

When I lived in Tucson as a kid, I remember seeing the night sky. I fully support the IDSA.

By: Franko

Franko — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:09:27 +0000

Just think of the poor Eskimo; they cannot switch off the Northern Lights.

Due to constant light: "Today, factory farm chicken grow to slaughter weight of around two kilos in just 38 days". How few years could we make a human generation ?

Children become short sight if continuously exposed to light.

With Earth based telescopes blinded, will we miss the asteroid lurking to create a Deep Impact ?

By: Troy

Troy — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:54:18 +0000

As a boy living in Idaho, when we went to visit my grandparents in the mountains I would stay up late at night and stare at the sky in awe. When there is no light pollution you would not believe what you can see. You can actually see the galaxy in which we live. It's awe inspiring and I remember it clearly to this day.

By: Joe Lalumia

Joe Lalumia — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:42:59 +0000

Let me appeal to your saving energy senses-

1. Billions of dollars per year in energy costs go out into SPACE, rather than toward the ground where they belong.

2. This is really a simple fix- fully shielded fixtures are the same price as unshielded fixtures- and use less energy since the light is DIRECTED –estimates are 30-40% less energy for the same illumination.

3. The problem is that the public equates more light to more safety at night- even though the light may be pointed right at you creating deep shadows on the property where criminals can hide.

4. Many laws have been passed designating fully shielded reflective fixtures for all commercial and residential applications- however communities have been slow to enact these laws and more importantly ENFORCE the light trespass laws- and utility companies and transportation departments continue to install OLD type unshielded fixtures.

Until this big waste of energy reaches a "public" critical mass - things will stay as they are now. Hopefully the news media will pick up on this energy WASTE and start covering it in prime time.