I use my sun visor at night...

A loss of the night app user from Trier, Germany, recently passed me a few photos to share with you. They show the results of a recent lighting "upgrade" in his area. The problem with the new white LEDs is that they are extremely glaring. The glare is in fact so bad, that he needs to drive with the sun visor down! Glaring lighting makes it harder for drivers to see pedestrians, but there are efficient LED streetlamps for sale that aren't as glaring. So if your city installs something like this, be sure to complain! Even better, let the city council know you care about quality lighting before they make a change!

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He also sent me a photo of the skyglow on the horizon towards the Big Dipper:

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(The title of the blog post comes from a song by Canadian singer Cory Hart: Sunglasses at Night. If you've never heard it, take a listen and see if it reminds you of another famous song)