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Chris Marcum 馃摉
@csmarcum@sciences.social  路  activity timestamp 4 days ago

I love seeing everybody's photos from the Aurora last night. Sharing two awesome #opendata resources about lights at night:

NASA's human lights earth observation data:
https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/topics/human-dimensions/nighttime-lights

NOAA's 30-minute Aurora forecast:
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast

And, for good measure, DarkSkies has a warning about how night time light pollution is related to climate change: https://darksky.org/news/light-is-energy-estimating-the-impact-of-light-pollution-on-climate-change/

DarkSky International

Light is Energy: Estimating the Impact of Light Pollution on Climate Change

Globally we spend at least $50 billion in energy costs each year to produce light that escapes into space. In the United States, a conservative estimate of savings by completing the transition to LED lights and using lighting control systems could save at least $15.4 billion annually by 2035.
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