light pollution
noun
: artificial skylight (as from city lights) that interferes especially with astronomical observations
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With minimal light pollution, we were treated to a stunning starry night sky.
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Stephanie Wood, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 June 2024
The researchers then brought blackbirds from both locations to an aviary for a long-term experiment on the effect of light pollution.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
However, the park's remote location and lack of light pollution make for impeccable night-sky viewing opportunities, with the flat savanna and bushveld an ideal terrain for training binoculars on the Southern Cross, Scorpio, and rings of Saturn.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024
Wastewater, noise and light pollution, particulate matter in exhaust, and even where the vessels dock can have an adverse effect on the local environment.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune Europe, 9 June 2024
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Stephanie Wood, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 June 2024
The researchers then brought blackbirds from both locations to an aviary for a long-term experiment on the effect of light pollution.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
However, the park's remote location and lack of light pollution make for impeccable night-sky viewing opportunities, with the flat savanna and bushveld an ideal terrain for training binoculars on the Southern Cross, Scorpio, and rings of Saturn.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024
Wastewater, noise and light pollution, particulate matter in exhaust, and even where the vessels dock can have an adverse effect on the local environment.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune Europe, 9 June 2024
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“Light pollution.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20pollution. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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