Re: Light pollution in Ohio, Indiana?



On 2006-01-19, Cerdic <blah@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok, looking at a light pollution map, it mostly made sense - big
> cities, more light pollution over a wider area. But why is rural Ohio and
> Indiana so bad? I've lived in the area long ago, so I know there are very
> massive stretches of sparsely populated land.

Every farm has an unshielded mercury vapor lamp to light up the barnyard.
I think the Co-op gave them away, they're so common.

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