Salt Lake City Light Pollution

Looking South-South West over Salt Laky City as seen from the air. This is light pollution from carelessly aimed lights. It's an expensive, unneccessary nuisance.

This exposure was less than 1/10th of a second. That's a lot of wasted light.

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Muzzlehatch says:

You are a crusader... good on you. You wouldn't happen to be an amateur astronomer...

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makelessnoise says:

Muzz - lol. Ever since I realized that light should be directed at its target, I've been going bonkers seeing bad lighting all around. You'll see it in your city, too. Dunno if you've had a chance to read up on it, though. It's costing and estimated $10B/year in the USA - for no reason at all.
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Muzzlehatch says:

Oh, I'm an amateur astronomer... lol. And we've been talking about this since forever. My first car had a bumper sticker which said "stop light pollution" and a light bulb with a red slash through it.

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Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

makelessnoise says:

Muzz -Duh. I should have realized that you knew about all this. Pardon my forgetfulness.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Afulki says:

Nice shot, personally hate light pollution too. I love to see stars.

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Viorica G says:

WOOOOOOOOOOOW GORGEOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT SHOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hugs and fave of course :))))))))))))))
HAVE AN AWESOME DAY MY FRIEND :)
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

cross_on8 says:

hm very interesting. very original shot.
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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

da burger says:

i agree, most of the lights in my neighborhood are useless, i live in the kind of dark patch in the west of Slc
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Nexus Six says:

I have lived in the SLC area for 3 years, and the unnecessary lighting is infuriating. I brought a friend who has lived in SLC her whole life to my very rural hometown in Colorado this year, and she was speechless at how beautiful the night sky can be. Sad how I had almost forgotten myself. Thank you so much for the picture!
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Salt Lake City Light Pollution

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