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The Queensland town of Winton has been certified as an International Dark Sky Community.

The town has committed to managing its light pollution and installed warm bulbs in its streetlights.

Winton Shire Council and tourism operators believe the certification will attract stargazers wanting to experience the natural night sky.

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[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I miss when most cars had halogens and all street lights were mostly sodium besides a few mercury lights. Night driving used to be something I actually enjoyed doing and now it’s something I despise…

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What crazy is that, due to the US' outdated laws around headlights, we aren't allowed to have the best headlight technology. Matrix/Adaptive headlights can turn off just the portion of headlights aiming at other vehicles, meaning the driver gets full brights, and doesn't blind other drivers. It's the best of both worlds. It's super cool tech, but not allowed in the US. Some cars sold here even have the hardware, but have it disabled due to regulations, with the headlights just functioning as normal dumb headlights.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

That’s still assuming the detection of oncoming vehicles is good and the window/camera system is cleared and quick enough.

The auto high beams on my in-law’s new Honda doesn’t instill confidence that this will always be the case.

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I'm not sure Honda has developed a system like that yet. It's mostly associated with European vehicles, from what I've seen.