Prof. Sam Lawler on Nostr: A. Jechow: Light pollution has a huge impact on whole ecosystems and on individual ...
A. Jechow: Light pollution has a huge impact on whole ecosystems and on individual animals. Animals are out in all seasons, all weather - how do clouds affect/amplify artificial light (can be 1000x brighter). But how much do clouds darken a natural sky?
Using hemispherical cameras to measure sky in dark and polluted places. Dark site in Namibia went from 21.6 mag/arcsec^2 to 24.9 with clouds (beautiful sky movie!)
#ALAN2023
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