The Ecological Consequences of Artificial Light at Night is a book written by Dr. Travis Longcore and Catherine Rich in 2006. As a dark sky advocate, Travis’s writings (https://travislongcore.net) have influenced my thoughts on light pollution and outside lighting for a long time. If you want to know the skinny on light pollution and it’s effect on plants and animals, this book is a primary read. It’s not easy going but very informative. Lighting, like in my picture, will have consequences in the natural world. This was 10pm so it’s all from the high kelvin LED vintage style lighting at the new development, Legacy Park, in Mechanicsburg, PA. For instance, do you know how many photoreceptors plants have, what each one does, and how they inform the plant about its current environmental conditions? I dare you to read the book. See if it changes your perception of light at night as a nuisance to light as a powerful stimuli and incredibly disruptive pollutant in nature.
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