{"id":9831,"date":"2021-04-04T23:11:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T23:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=9831"},"modified":"2021-04-05T00:56:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T00:56:19","slug":"types-of-light-pollution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-light-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of light pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9831\" class=\"elementor elementor-9831\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a41381d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a41381d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9847 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/light-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Light pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9857 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-light-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is light pollution?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9851 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/sources-of-light-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Sources of light pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9848 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-light-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of light pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9850 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-light-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of light pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9849 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/light-pollution-prevention\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Light pollution prevention<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9852 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/light-pollution-and-hatchlings\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Light pollution and hatchlings<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9853 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/light-pollution-factsheet\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Light pollution factsheet<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e1354 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c1e1354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element elementor-element-ea43b76\" data-id=\"ea43b76\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b922ad9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b922ad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the types of light pollution?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1e301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a1e301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Light pollution comes in many forms. The most common include the following:<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><b>Skyglow:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"p1\">This is the bright orange-pink glow that hangs over cities and towns in the night. Skyglow could be caused by natural factors, but also often caused by inefficient and artificial lights shinning needlessly into the sky, and further scattered by airborne dust particles, gas, and water droplets. Skyglow is better seen during poor weather conditions where more particles are present in the atmosphere. Astronomers are having increasing problems with sky glow as it interferes with the viewing of celestial (outer space) objects. For example, at the Mars Hill Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, sky brightness is reported to have increased by 0.5 magnitudes from 1976 to 1988<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><i>\u2014Source (Lockwood et al. 1990).<\/i><\/p><p class=\"p1\">What is sky glow? The Lighting Research Center.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><b>Glare:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"p1\">This is the effect produced when the eyes are exposed to bright light. If a bright flashlight is directed at your face in a dark place, you notice that it almost blinds you and suddenly you cannot see other objects or shadows around you. This is particularly dangerous when driving because bright lights from cars coming towards you reduce your vision and put pedestrians and other road users at risk. The most common causes of glare include bright streetlights and car lights.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><b>Light trespass (Spillover):<\/b><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_9997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9997\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9997\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/types-of-light-pollution.jpg\" alt=\"Types of light pollution\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/types-of-light-pollution.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/types-of-light-pollution-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Types of light pollution<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"p1\">This occurs when the light goes over its intended range. Think of your neighbor\u2019s security light shining through your bedroom windows and lighting up your room all night. Light spillover is a very common subject of a complaint by many residential dwellers and is a problem that can be easily fixed with the right lighting equipment. 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