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Re:Citizen science illuminates the nature of city lights by shmageggy on Thursday June 19, 2025 @04:22AM (#44316570)
Very cool and hopefully will help influence policy in the future. (Here’s [not] looking at you, insanely overbright LED shop window ads blasting well into the late night in my city)

Looks like anyone can get involved here https://lichter.nachtlicht-buehne.de/

Re:Citizen science illuminates the nature of city lights by zavec on Thursday June 19, 2025 @04:28AM (#44316601)
> We find that in German city centers, more total light sources are used for advertising and aesthetic purposes than for street lighting.

I hope we get harsher light-pollution regulations for ads.

Re:Citizen science illuminates the nature of city lights by chgs on Thursday June 19, 2025 @03:52PM (#44321960)
Just

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