Principles of Good Outdoor Lighting
Learn how to employ good lighting practices at home to help preserve our dark skies and prevent light pollution.
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Dark Skies
PEEC has joined Valles Caldera National Preserve, Bandelier National Monument, and other regional entities to form the Jemez Mountains Night Sky Coalition, whose aim is to promote the preservation of our spectacular night skies. Learn more at the Dark Skies web page.
Making Sense of Modern Light Bulb Labeling
Buying a light bulb used to be simple. Up until about 15 years ago, nearly all light bulbs on the consumer market were of the incandescent type (with a coiled filament inside), labeled in watts. When we needed a bright light we chose a 100 watt bulb and for applications requiring less light, we chose 40 or 60 watt bulbs.
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Light Pollution, the Environment, and Us
Humans and animals have always relied on the stars for seasonal awareness, navigation, and understanding. But increases in artificial lighting and light pollution cost us our connection to the past and produce devastating effects on our own health and our environment.
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Restoring Our Night Skies
Ancient cultures populated the night sky with fanciful imaginary creatures, and told their stories so frequently and so vividly that the stars were named for specific parts of those creatures’ bodies.
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