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Tyberculosis t1_j5o3l1y wrote

Reply to comment by qtx in Starlink Is ‘Forced’ To Finally Start Caring About The System’s Light Pollution And Harm To Scientific Research by Albion_Tourgee

Preach it! I love looking to the night sky and all my astrophotography shots lately have at least one streak of this bullshit. I would gladly trade my internet for a proper night sky. But I also want to move to the middle of nowhere and don't care if I have cell phone or internet service. Why do they need such bright lights anyways? Honest question. Someone please teach me.

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shadowinplainsight t1_j5o50yp wrote

It’s not that they have lights, it’s that they reflect the sunlight

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Tyberculosis t1_j5o5h67 wrote

Thank you! I did not know this. That does make more sense than insanely bright lights.

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