The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light

[David Morris]

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Lights in the City are required for survival.  Crime and cockroaches like
dark in the City.

On Thursday, September 5, 2013, David Morris wrote:

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> On Thursday, September 5, 2013, Joseph Tracy wrote:
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>> I live in Vermont about 500 yards from the nearest steetlamp and maybe
>> twice that from the highway that passes through town.  Having lived in many
>> rural places I treasure the unimpeded starlight and the blackness of an
>> overcast evening. The only noise is the small volume of traffic on our road
>> and the creek across the street.   A few of us have helped prevent more
>> lights from going up in town and argued to reduce what we have or get lamps
>> that are efficient and direct the light down.  When one flies the sheer
>> volume of energy being used on excessive light is disturbing even though
>> the patterns are visually entrancing.
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