Sorry to beat this topic of light pollution to death, but after showing you how bright the streetlight is compared to a crescent moon, as I finished shooting that photograph, I was walking back up the driveway, and saw how much light from the streetlight was illuminating my front lawn! That is a waste of light! The light fixture is there to illuminate the street, not lawns! Our next door neighbor, Judy, says that the streetlight in front of her house shines in her front picture window and shines in her face when she is watching TV! And her parents, who live on another street, have a similar situation where the light shines in their front window and then into their bedroom! They have taken a large piece of cardboard and put it in their front window so they can sleep at night. All because these streetlights are not shielded. A 3" piece of thin aluminum wrapped around the fixture would block this stray light. Go figure..
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