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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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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (21 children)

This should be a law everywhere, not just rich neighborhoods. Sodium for the win! Its way better for peoples sleep/circadian rhythms. I hate this shit that of course poor people dont deserve to sleep after they get in from their streetwalking

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (5 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 8 points 1 month ago (4 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What crazy is that, due to the US' outdated laws around headlights, we aren't allowed to have the best headlight technology.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.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They are allowed now. I’m pretty sure Audi uses them in the us, and Tesla enabled theirs a year or so ago.

While I don’t entirely trust them, a lot of the time it’s pretty clear. You can watch an oncoming car with a dark spot around it, moving with the car

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Are they? No way, that's cool. And yeah, I have seen videos of them in action, it's pretty neat.

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