Slide 1 Light Pollution Dan Caton –President, North Carolina Section of the International Dark-Sky Association (NCIDA) NC-APA Summer Planning Institute 8/1/01 Slide 2 Organizations…

Slide 1 Light Pollution: a Primer Slide 2 The basic problem: Sky Glow Light from fixtures reflects off particles in the sky— ”Sky Glow.” Large cities visible from tens…

Light Pollution: a Primer The basic problem: Sky Glow Light from fixtures reflects off particles in the sky—”Sky Glow.” Large cities visible from tens of miles. The…

Light Pollution: a Primer Dan Caton and Lee Hawkins Lighting: Opposite of Imaging What we do What you do My Concern: our Dark Sky Observatory In the Blue Ridge Mountains…

Light Pollution: a Primer The basic problem: Sky Glow Light from fixtures reflects off particles in the sky—”Sky Glow.” Large cities visible from tens of miles. The…