Light pollution: Imagine if we directed this light down where it belongs instead of lighting the bottom of the clouds. It does make for an interesting pic.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

Imagine if we directed this light down where it belongs instead of lighting the bottom of the clouds. It does make for an interesting pic.

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sakitson Loc: Goleta, CA

Is this the sunset or city lights??

petrochemist Loc: UK

sakitson wrote:

Is this the sunset or city lights??

From the colour & tread title I'd guess it's city lights, where the old low pressure sodium lights have been changed for lighting that gives a much whiter colour. Sadly this makes it more difficult to remove the skyglow.

Ourspolair

Totally agree. The images from space show that we have still not conquered properly directing urban lighting.
Great capture, though and would make a dramatic cloud replacement image! Always look on the bright side... couldn't resist (:(
Thanks for sharing.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

sakitson wrote:

Is this the sunset or city lights??

The sun has already set and the remaining glow from it mostly gone. Unfortunately this is mostly city lights. What's worse is Lake Havasu has lighting ordinances in place, but nobody seems to follow them.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

petrochemist wrote:

From the colour & tread title I'd guess it's city lights, where the old low pressure sodium lights have been changed for lighting that gives a much whiter colour. Sadly this makes it more difficult to remove the skyglow.

Correct. It's frustrating when you try to educate people that lighting up the sky is not only wasting money, but has many other negative consequences.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

Ourspolair wrote:

Totally agree. The images from space show that we have still not conquered properly directing urban lighting.
Great capture, though and would make a dramatic cloud replacement image! Always look on the bright side... couldn't resist (:(
Thanks for sharing.

The worst are commercial offenders, most of the residential neighborhoods don't have street lights and not that many are lighting their cactus gardens up at night. I guess it could be worse, I could be living in LA, NY, DFW, PHOENIX, the list goes on. I always appreciate a good pun. Thanks

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

alberio wrote:

Imagine if we directed this light down where it belongs instead of lighting the bottom of the clouds. It does make for an interesting pic.

Yes, interesting