Why you should care about light pollution

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3 жыл бұрын

You may have never heard of it, but light pollution can put our health and wildlife at risk - and over 80 percent of the world is affected by it. How can we get darkness back?
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@edward1937 2 жыл бұрын

Well some lights look aesthetically nice. However, seeing the hundreds to millions of stars is unbeatable.

@tomasvrabec1845 2 жыл бұрын

:D well yes but also... No need to have them late at night too. Doubt it is needed at 4am in the morning sometimes.

@jiyuchan17 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I live in a village. I see stars everyday but I only get chance to see bright million stars maybe once a year, because we have meet several conditions, first it must be in dry season. We have dry season between june-september. And the most important thing, power failure for few minutes in the middle of the night. 😅 So the entire village will get really2 dark. I got lucky several days ago suddenly we got power failure for few minutes in the middle of the night 😅

@bobtheagent9087 2 жыл бұрын

There us should be a national night or like hour where total blackout

@Silrak50 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomasvrabec1845 Actually a starry night is so fuckkng useful, I love walking in a dimly lit forest not a pitchblack nothingness

@marrqi7wini54 2 жыл бұрын

@@bobtheagent9087 I'm unsure if that's the best idea. Criminals love to do their shady business in the dark and would definitely take advantage of it.

@omgha142 3 жыл бұрын

There are millions living in urban centers that have never seen the night sky. It is quite sad, not to mention the animals effected by this.

@life1system 3 жыл бұрын

You're in denial.

@robertkat 3 жыл бұрын

If you want to see , we'll actually you cannot see darkness, the eyes can only see light.

@TheNinjakat2010 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertkat yes and there is so much light if you look up. I used to love looking up to the sky. You can't see shit now with all the lights

@svenmsandity3973 3 жыл бұрын

yeah people who says it effects your health are lying they feel different because there not use to it not because there is some larger health issue and effected by animals yeah o think of the animals as you constantly burn there homes down pollute there land and our lands sounds more like childish whatifism at that point honestly i think its to late to even save earths people 2030 and what will the bread basket of America look like but yet lets ignore the larger issues for these childish minute problems

@kobaltocr6927 2 жыл бұрын

And trees phenologies...and us

@erikscustomguns 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who was raised on a farm, it was a shock to me to see city folks so amazed at the stars. I had no clue city lights blocked the view of stars.

@thinking7667 2 жыл бұрын

I was 32 when I first saw the night sky in full darkness; went to death valley during a Vegas trip and were driving back in the dark and I couldn't believe it actually looked like those pictures of the night sky with all those stars so visible. Actually, on the way toward back to the city, when the city came into view far ahead of us you could see the light from the city shining up into the sky, it's no wonder people in heavily lit populated areas never see the sky like that. It's really so sad. I wish I could see it like that all the time.

@lucyheartfilia7336 2 жыл бұрын

Me too I was so shocked.... During summer breaks we used to sit in our yard and see the starts and mother use to tell us stories it was so nice

@PatheticTV 2 жыл бұрын

At the beginning of COVID when factories in China shut down, I was able to see a handful of stars from my home in Hong Kong. It was only around 4 or 5, but it blew my mind.

@alventuradelacruz522 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I was suprised

@nathanielbean3119 2 жыл бұрын

When I went to this beach once, I saw the stars in full image, was such a awesome sight. Might even have topped when I saw Mars for the first time.

@madbug1965 2 жыл бұрын

I went camping once and got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. Seeing the Milky Way for the first time was mind blowing. I stayed up for a hour just looking at it. As a backyard astronomer it was one of my most memorable experiences....

@yobrethren 2 жыл бұрын

First time i seen milky way was with all of my family on my auntie's country side house at midnight The overcast cleared, there's no lights in a country side and one time we lifted heads up Yes, it was majestic, my grandpa talked about which stars were where and we listened and watched. Apparently, we knew about it next day, that night was extra bright and we could see that - the whole of milky way and beyond was seen, there was so much stars, i couldn't understand at that time Apart from that night being extra bright, it was also a Meteor shower, and we could also see that - I counted at least 30 meteors falling. I wished for everyone (especially my family) to see this at least one more time

@skypowergb3842 2 жыл бұрын

i live in suburban area (class 5) , thanks to my father i know what milky way is , its barely visible here and i never seen it in best sky , one of my hobbies is astronomy (starded before 2 years) i do have two telescopes , before 3 days we were on vacation and there is sky class 4 also i asked father to stop where it is class 3 and its awesome , i dont understand people who dont appreciate dark sky , especaly my father ,who teached me a lot when i was younger (5-7) but now he just ignores everything , like he hates me to be into that (now im 19)

@abyssstrider2547 2 жыл бұрын

Where i live i can see many stars but nothing like i see on pictures of night sky that are taken near popular observatories

@skypowergb3842 2 жыл бұрын

@@abyssstrider2547 actualy you cant see color of milky way you can see just like black white version of picurues if im correct , pictures are usualy taken by long exposure camera this also goes for dso objects that you can see on internet

@abyssstrider2547 2 жыл бұрын

@@skypowergb3842 Oh, so it's a long exposure shot? I thought you could see stuff like that in undeveloped places

@iputukrisnakuumbara5076 2 жыл бұрын

In Bali, for once a year, there's a ceremonial day called Nyepi Day (Nyepi means "quiet"). We, the Balinese, turn off any kind of electric device for 24 hours (except for emergency service such as hospital and fire fighter). Also, we spent most of our time in our house. Thus, there are no vehicles passing by the entire streets in Bali. We celebrate Nyepi Day as a day of reflection our life. During Nyepi Day, we could see the milky way with our naked eyes. There are no light pollution and air pollution. Only a peaceful day

@WebbedManiac 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I envy you guys

@ayo3850 2 жыл бұрын

@@WebbedManiac that's sounds amazing, wish that could become a global thing and maybe in my country considering it's apparently the brightest at night

@keizelharf5393 2 жыл бұрын

Jadi kalau Nyepi harus matiin lampu juga? Aku kira cuma sebatas nggak kerja dan diam di rumah. Berarti di luar jadi gelap gulita, dong?

@HB-cf8zj 2 жыл бұрын

Love this! V cool tradition 💟

@igustiaditya6240 2 жыл бұрын

@@keizelharf5393 yep, ga boleh menyalakan api/lampu

@n3rdst0rm 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so in favor of switching to softer lights. As I'm so sick of seeing bright ass leds on vehicles at night.

@tesmat1243 2 жыл бұрын

Have you ever been in a car during the nigth in rural areas you can't see shit even with those ligths, we can't just solve this problem, is due to the properties of ligth itself, however I acknowledge that in cities we can reduce car ligth we already have street ligths we don't need more

@n3rdst0rm 2 жыл бұрын

@@tesmat1243 I have I live in bumbfuck nowhere mn where dial up is considered fast internet still and I can see just fine with my yellow halogen lights at 12am. Yall just need to drive the speed limit, not drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and pay the fuck attention to the road directly infront of your vehicle. I've been able to slow down enough or stop complete every time a deer or some other Animal has jumped out at me. Yall don't need those leds.

@corrsali 2 жыл бұрын

@@n3rdst0rm Depends... In rainy days is difficult to see what lies ahead, worse if at night, so... It's necessary to study this subject and see a better alternative.

@n3rdst0rm 2 жыл бұрын

@@corrsali on any weather impaired days you are legally allowed to slow down aswell as incouraged to slow down so you can have enough stopping distance, when the occasion arises. Also mist, fog, snow and heavy rain glare back any sort of bright light. That's why you are not supposed to use your brights in those situations. I refer back to my previous comment. Leds are not needed on vehicles.

@SirKolass 2 жыл бұрын

Why do cars even need their lights on in cities, literally everything is already lit.

@winter3878 2 жыл бұрын

“Use lights with a warmer tone” My City: switches street lights to bright blue LEDs

@cavemann_ 2 жыл бұрын

It's for efficiency and saving electricity.

@serenaelanordir6717 2 жыл бұрын

@@cavemann_ saving electricity? Try to put small Red LED - Green LED - Blue LED in parallel and a potentiometer.. and rotate that Potentiometer and see for yourself which one turn on first indicating how much power it needed than the other And Since most white LED need 3 type of them working at near same power usage... They use more power... instead of warmer tone which mostly using RED and GREEN.. they use less power

@cavemann_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@serenaelanordir6717 I was comparing woth incandescent, since those usually have warm tones.

@EdmontonRails 2 жыл бұрын

@@cavemann_ Bright white LEDs do neither, their light is glare inducing and reduces visibility at night. You can't compare efficiency when the new white LEDs don't even do the job that HPS lights did, which is actually improve visibility and safety.

@cavemann_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@EdmontonRails Well my experience is different. LED lights improve visibility and I don't want to see them go.

@crabber8549 2 жыл бұрын

Half of you guys are literally scared of the dark I swear, the amount of times I’ve seen someone defend light pollution.

@cardboardsnail81 2 жыл бұрын

How does one even have a problem with light like literally how?

@eyemaster8687 2 жыл бұрын

@@cardboardsnail81 the whole video 🤦‍♂️

@ShiratoriIsOffline 2 жыл бұрын

Found one of the guys that's scared of the dark

@ioftendontreplybacktoidiot5251 2 жыл бұрын

I like dark but as a girl, the safety thing is there that comes in between.

@ShiratoriIsOffline 2 жыл бұрын

@@ioftendontreplybacktoidiot5251 indeed, it is dangerous to walk into a dark street especially when alone

@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 3 жыл бұрын

I want to see such clear sky atleast once in my life. It's heaven on earth.

@knightmare6619 2 жыл бұрын

Istg, ive only seen 3 star in one place max

@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 2 жыл бұрын

@@emmanueldonalcy Thanks for the suggestion. I will try that app

@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 2 жыл бұрын

@@knightmare6619 I remember seeing the 7 star constellation called saptarishi in our local language and also other stars and planets like venus when I was small. But now, only like 2-5 stars are visible and on top of that sky mostly remains cloudy.

@cuddlemuffin.9545 2 жыл бұрын

Go to Siberia :)

@Lifeofchims 2 жыл бұрын

same

@ghostface9369 2 жыл бұрын

It's so sad ppl nowadays have never seen a clear nightsky with stars or meteor showers bc of light pollution and most don't even bother to care.

@vampiredildo8192 2 жыл бұрын

You're unable to care if you've never known it

@avancedonia 2 жыл бұрын

not all people have time to see stars & not seeing stars wont kill an entire generation

@berserkeroflove 2 жыл бұрын

@@avancedonia Would be still nice. I love the night sky and enjoy seeing the stars outside, but I have never been able to see the milky way and the stars in all of their glory. The night is my time for inner peace and I would love to see nature beauty at night not restricted by light pollution

@Puhngaknghaka 2 жыл бұрын

I dont think some ppl want to see those but i do

@xItzSpruce Ай бұрын

I care

@dramallamarama5300 2 жыл бұрын

There is no experience like being out in the middle of nowhere and staring into that cosmic sea. Everything melts away, leaving just you and the stars.

@charliepea 3 жыл бұрын

I miss when various stars can be seen in my town. It was more than a decade ago. Now only Sirius and the Moon can be seen at night along with some skyglow...

@Jr-ok3cv 3 жыл бұрын

can´t you even see jupiter or venus?

@charliepea 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jr-ok3cv i can only see venus during dawn but jupiter, planet's too faint

@Jr-ok3cv 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliepea Well that sucks man, i can only see a bunch of stars too, like vega, arcturus and most planets. But nothing more than that, i've never actually seen the milky way

@anonymousstout4759 2 жыл бұрын

Really I've never been into really big city. Are the night views really limited to just Sirius? The nigh might be so dull. Because here in my small city I can still see Orion, Cetus and other constellation quite clearly

@charliepea 2 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousstout4759 I could see Orion during end years, but that's only visible constellation left. The light pollution is big that even during blackouts, there will still be that skyglow all over the place.

@themoonsea9893 2 жыл бұрын

Everybody who has a telescope and tried to see deep sky objects knows this well. When you have been out to a darker place, returning to your town in the middle of the night is like getting from clear into dirty water.

@sseng9787 Жыл бұрын

TRUE! I saw the orion nebula from bortle 5. Then from bortle 3 i think and it was like seeing different objects!

@hmuphilly9129 9 ай бұрын

are you taking a guess that it was indeed the orion nebula? @@sseng9787

@roberthoople 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who's worked in Film, Television and Theatre, I've often wondered why outdoor lighting doesn't employ even the most basic mechanism to control control light pollution: the barndoor. Honestly, urban planners would benefit from hiring a few gaffers and cinematographers when making policy and designing urban spaces.

@singularityraptor4022 2 жыл бұрын

What's a barndoor?

@lilblkrose 2 жыл бұрын

@@singularityraptor4022 It's a flap that surrounds a light source, controlling the focus of the light. You see it behind the scenes for film from the lights with the square screens on the side. Funny enough, the suggested use for barnlight for street lights was suggested decades ago but for some reason, still not implemented despite being extremely affordable and energy saving design

@singularityraptor4022 2 жыл бұрын

@@lilblkrose I see. Interesting.

@famousbowl9926 2 жыл бұрын

@@singularityraptor4022 dude . You are so dumb. I didnt know either but its pretty self explanatory... *CONTEXT CLUES BRO*

@dans9463 2 жыл бұрын

Haven't thought of that.. Your field can literally set the stage for a quality life.

@NotTooStraight 2 жыл бұрын

This is my first time actually hearing about the negative effects, but I have always absolutely HATED lights at night. My family hates me because I have to completely black out all artificial light in my house. What’s weird is the moon does not bother me at all

@NotTooStraight 2 жыл бұрын

@@themelancholyofgay3543 my father got made at me because I told him to turn off a TV so I could fall asleep one time. What’s weird is when my eyes are shut I can tell when the tiniest of lights turn on in my room and wake up

@fandemanga3378 2 жыл бұрын

Well the moon's light is natural After all. Same i sleep better in the dark too. But i still try to have the Moon light in my room if possible to still be able to see what's happening. But yes, when you're in the dark with close eyes, you can indeed sense source light lol

@fishyc43sar 2 жыл бұрын

The fkin what, you guys have lights on in your home at night? WHAT? My entire family switches lights, phones, TVs etc off when going to sleep. Never thought such light-in-the-night loving people existed until now.

@apelsinuke 2 жыл бұрын

just find a really good sleeping mask. if can't, you can try making your own, which covers forehead and sides of the nose which usually are the problematic areas. idk why the forehead, i mean we humans are not cicadas and don't have those light sensors it seems, but the "third eye area" definitely can sense some light. and on the sides of the nose there's usually a gap so some light gets through. another thing why so light sensitive, is that many people are night owls and also don't get enough movement to get tired and just sleep. some people have other problems, like anxiety. i know one thing - when i'm tired and have a nap during the day, no amount of light bothers me then. but at night..like omg, if someone turns on the light in the next room i can sense it 🤦

@ayjanu 11 ай бұрын

@@fishyc43sar Unfortunately, this is absurdly common now. Even if all lights in a home are switched off, more and more appliances have LEDs that stay on all the time, since blue LEDs are so cheap to manufacture.

@wallflower1852 2 жыл бұрын

I was once in a car accident. The first thing I noticed was how calm the Forest was and how beautiful the Milky Way is. I never saw it again.

@jeffm2787 2 жыл бұрын

I live in a more rural area, Sadly my neighbors all think they need to have lights on outside 24/7 for security purposes. It's not one home, it's 90% of them. So I moved from the big city to a much more rural area and the light pollution is just about as bad.

@MsHackthat 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. The problem is that those lights doesnt affect them, but it shines straight into my bedroom.

@TheDragonCat99 2 жыл бұрын

Must not be too rural if people are that concerned about break-ins (Unless bears?)

@chrislapp9468 2 жыл бұрын

All bullshit. Most break ins occur during the day when people are at work. So they mindlessly install spotlights. Point them down on your property. Not pointing out. Light trespass is a common reason for police complaints.

@lilyblack1979 2 жыл бұрын

But it’s kinda true in many places. Dark places = crime.

@TheDragonCat99 2 жыл бұрын

@@lilyblack1979 They could just install motion-activated lights like I have. No need to have bright lights constantly blaring

@Mirsab 2 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how I didn't know that it was normal to see several stars in the sky or heck even the milky way Galaxy untill maybe a few years ago. I live in Dubai for context.

@NACAFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, in Dubai there are barely stars to see. I love star gazing but u can't see much in Dubai. In my hometown, you can see the constellations. The big dipper was just right up there if I look up from our house

@Mirsab 2 жыл бұрын

@@NACAFarm that's so cool

@banana-uo3be 2 жыл бұрын

It's not normal tho

@maddiepiglet3649 2 жыл бұрын

The thing is that most lights that you see in the cities like the bill board signs are totally unnecessary and not only uses a lot of power but cause great light pollution

@BonaparteBardithion 2 жыл бұрын

Standard billboards at least point their lights downward at the ad. Even worse are the electric screen billboards that blast video at max intensity for miles at all hours.

@prasadkadu9737 3 жыл бұрын

Me watching it at 3am with high brightness

@watsappenin2865 3 жыл бұрын

Me watching at 3am high

@ivangordienko8081 2 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@mohitmilo 2 жыл бұрын

@@watsappenin2865 😂💀

@preston7020 2 жыл бұрын

@@watsappenin2865 me watching at 4:30 am with high brightness and high reading these comments… :o

@watsappenin2865 2 жыл бұрын

@@preston7020 brah

@igormargulis6302 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when I made a presentation about that in front of all class. They were like “ what the fuck is he talking about? “ Less and less of smart people left…

@2fifty533 2 жыл бұрын

if they want to slack off and be ignorant in class then just let them lol, they'll end up with a shitty job and it'll be their fault

2 жыл бұрын

People dont care that much about light pollution

@brtzz2388 2 жыл бұрын

@ honestly I couldnt care less I'll die anyway

@jaysjawline9514 2 жыл бұрын

@@brtzz2388 the future

@brtzz2388 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaysjawline9514 I'm not gonna force children to live in a miserable world, so the future is none of my business

@nataliaimakulata5903 2 жыл бұрын

I notice the night sky getting brighter and brighter every single year and finally i found this video. It is a concern of mine for years.. bc it looks scary

@utrix_1121 2 жыл бұрын

I once thought my suburban neighbourhood was bad with light pollution, I could see a scattering of stars but they were slightly faint and I’ve never seen the milky way in my life. But when I visited a relative in London I was so surprised to see that the night sky was perpetually lit up by the city and you could not see a single star. I wish so deeply to live in a rural area just so I can see the Milky Way just once.

@rodrigoc.goncalves2009 2 жыл бұрын

I suppose you don't need to live in a rural area to see the milky way, just head somewhere far from any city or any light sources and, well, look up

@BonaparteBardithion 2 жыл бұрын

Only time I saw the Milky Way in full glory was when we camped on a beach at the coast. Tried to do that again and it was too close to town.

@facelessdrone 2 жыл бұрын

You cant see the milky way in rural areas, the light pollution is so bad it carries over and covers it up even in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, I fucking hate cities for many reasons, but this one just seals the deal, we've been trying to bring attention to this issue for decades but now all of a sudden its an issue because it affects city folks aesthetic... light pollution literally physically harms the environment and wild animals.... city people don't give a shit about anyone around you, "fuck the neighbors, I do whats best for me and screw them over" that doesn't fly in rural areas, you do whats best for everybody, and the sociopaths who only care about themselves go away and move to cities.

@cnsm5060 2 жыл бұрын

This is why wanna move tk the countryside. Nothing can compare to seeing the stars and being able to just walk without any kind of artificial light when there's full moon.

@green_light_8806 2 жыл бұрын

Greed is bad

@ericstiles9492 2 жыл бұрын

Love countryside

@lothean2099 2 жыл бұрын

I want to move to the country also. Till I get that one neighbor that has to light the whole country side

@cnsm5060 2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanbosak2944 wouldn't recommend unless you driving a horse 🐴 😅

@cnsm5060 2 жыл бұрын

@@lothean2099 this doesn't happen where I come from. Houses are kms away from each other.

@SamChris12 3 жыл бұрын

What a great video, you deserve alot more, this is so high quality. Man, seeing the milky way in all it's glory is on my bucket list

@TheNinjakat2010 3 жыл бұрын

It will come in the form of a cme. It's gonna hit in the next 5 years I'm betting.

@antheiaaurisedits8777 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@taureansun1501 3 жыл бұрын

Watching this Chanel makes me want to be more involved with the planet and its sustainability

@lelele1408 2 жыл бұрын

chanél

@TomTom-xp2jb 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@namjoonparrapiouwu6889 2 жыл бұрын

I’m going to be honest, I didn’t even know this light pollution problem existed. I’ve never heard anyone talking about this and how this was even a thing. I greatly appreciate this video, and I definitely agree. I haven’t seen the stars in so long, and literally my city never sleeps.

@veggieboyultimate Жыл бұрын

Light pollution seriously needs to get more attention and solutions because it obviously affects people and the environment

@NeedANewName 2 жыл бұрын

Ugh, this just made me crave seeing the stars even more than I already was 😭 and the only time i was able to was when i wa on holiday and I was so amazed and intranced

@mahroosh1077 2 жыл бұрын

Short storytime: Some time ago, I went to Gwadar. It's a beautiful place in Pakistan and that's where my dad works. We went to a beautiful beach there, and at night it was stunning. I saw so many stars there that I had never seen in my whole life. I even saw my first ever constellation there- Ursa Major! A couple months ago, I went back (really excited to see the stars). Unfortunatley, I saw nothing. The sky was clear, no clouds, but there was a weird light tinge in the sky, caused by light pollution. When I came back to the city, things got worse. I had to drop my hobby of star gazing, since everywhere I went, it was too bright :(

@maplemoths. 2 жыл бұрын

Hawaii has really good sky viewing! Not in Oahu though with Honolulu, but The Big Island has some pretty views.

@mahroosh1077 2 жыл бұрын

@@maplemoths. Wow, I never knew that! Thanks a lot!

@maplemoths. 2 жыл бұрын

@@mahroosh1077 Your welcome!

@leehayward8609 2 жыл бұрын

The philosophical implications of a starless night sky must be huge. We have literally wrapped ourselves in a blanket of darkness, losing our connection to nature, wonder and the universe. Pushing us to a more human centric view of life, it's a sad reality.

@pureadrenline 2 жыл бұрын

This is so sad. I remember when my family first moved into the house we live in now we could see the stars because there weren’t very many stores near my house, we lived on “the outskirts” of town and now we can’t see them because they’ve built so much around us…

@nikokapanen82 3 жыл бұрын

We have 24 hours a day brightness during summertime and almost no sun light during wintertime here in Helsinki Finland. Yet i never heard about the problems with too much light. The lack of light like we have in winter time, yes, it is a problem, when it is always a night time and a bit of slight gloomy brightness for a few hours during the day.

@igorpetrovski 3 жыл бұрын

Still, that’s what the ecosystem in that part of the world got used to and adapted to. I doubt that animals or plants like 24-hour brightness in parts of the world where it should be dark during the night.

@bamboozledtree6803 2 жыл бұрын

@Jo Mama animals and plants do care, ever notice how plants in cities don't thrive for that long and always have to artificially and manually be replaced by the city's gardener? It's cause of the light pollution at night. Like what the video said pollinators such as bees and moths are always killed due to led light which reduces pollination. It also affect the trees which causes them to wither and loose leaves due to the artificial light during night time

@bamboozledtree6803 2 жыл бұрын

@Jo Mama 6:29 6:39 did you even watch the video?

@bamboozledtree6803 2 жыл бұрын

@Jo Mama you do know that you can google it yourself right? Just because you're too lazy to look it up doesn't mean that the problem is not real because he "didn't provide any evidence" when there's like a million research articles out there talking about the said issue

@bamboozledtree6803 2 жыл бұрын

@Jo Mama omg are you seriously reporting my comment when I shared like multiple research links regarding about nocturnal pollinators ?

@leandraleo281 2 жыл бұрын

as someone who is afraid of the dark but is thoroughly captivated by the night sky, the amount of times ive wished for atleast a district wide (where i live) blackout is astonishing. like fr star gazing makes me forget all my worries for a while. its like a simultaneous out of body and grounding experience.

@kiwimarshall3937 2 жыл бұрын

@@AR-zq9hq What compelled you to spread such false narratives? Perhaps you're projecting the fact that you can't get laid? The world may never know.

@woah6596 2 жыл бұрын

I belong to a remote village in Assam, India but due to my father's job I never had to really live in my village. They have no street lights, no proper roads and there aren't much vehicles moving around either. So, this one time when we visited our village my father took me for a night walk. I was quite annoyed because I didn't want to step on mud or worst, cow dung.... but you gotta trust me on this we didn't need any light at all! The moon light was all we needed. I could clearly see the road. Not to mention, the sky that looked extremely beautiful and magical. I'm not sure if I'm ever going to experience that again though :( I guess we really are ruining nature in the name of ‘development'.

@RAYEEZKAMARUDHEEN 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a mariner. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the night sky in the middle of the Ocean for the first time in my life. So many stars, our galaxy looks like a cloud of silver dust. I've been going sea for 10 years now. I still fancy that view.

@bluemicrobe7744 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy the stars so not seeing them would be like losing one of my eyes

@Rnankn 2 жыл бұрын

On clear winter nights in the mountains where there are no lights around for hours, the starlight and moonlight are so bright that everything glows with a subtle hue. The moon and stars can be bright enough to cast shadows.

@TheDjuske 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe there are places you can't see the stars, thats unimaginable to me. In the winter I love taking walks after dark and just look up, or take a yoga mat with me and just find a quiet place to lie down and watch the stars. If you've never seen the stars, I hope you will!

@shutter-chan 2 жыл бұрын

I spent my childhood till high school in the countryside. So during that time I get to see the night sky in all its glory. I made a makeshift telescope from a broken binoculars. I can definitely say it was such an experience.

@amethyst4578 2 жыл бұрын

I wrote a letter to the city I live near once about light pollution. About a year later, they switched the streetlights to smaller ones that point down, and now a lot more stars are visible. Not the Milky Way, but it's a start.

@Blackberry0.9 2 жыл бұрын

To me, nothing is more disappointing than when I'm camping in the countryside and at night I can see the bright halo of light caused by the city in the distance. :(

@thegamerabdull8820 2 жыл бұрын

I miss the night sky stars in Somalia when I used to live we used to see millions stars at night time we used to have the natural lighting sky of stars and the moon. I remember when the moon goes full moon I used to love it now I been living in the UK London for the last 11/12 years and I have never seen full moon or night sky once. I took so many things for granted when I used to live in Somalia, morning sounds of birds and sound of chicken, I miss less noise and less lights, natural warm sunny weather with tropical, clear sky during the day with no air pollution. I love London but lately with all these researches I am doing, light pollution, sound pollution and air pollution it’s not good for me to live here anymore even tho there are life time opportunities here but my healthier life is more important than money

@thestealth2448 2 жыл бұрын

This is interesting to read as I am also a Somali living in London but I’ve never been to Somalia

@JacobHollis96 2 жыл бұрын

I remember going camping with my family every summer. Everytime I went to go use the restroom late at night, I'd look up and see the milky way and I had a sense of wonder and amazement at how beautiful the night sky really was.

@rend1987 2 жыл бұрын

My highschool dorm is near the top of a montain. I can never forget the scenery i saw whenever i go stargazing..

@onemoreday7183 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing the night sky with little to no light pollution is breathtaking. The few planets and stars I can see in the city don’t hold a candle to the galaxies I see with the naked eye in rural areas.

@Mirsab 2 жыл бұрын

Night under the full moon and no artificial lights is so beautiful!

@thinking7667 2 жыл бұрын

I only saw the night sky in its full glory one time and I can't help but feel everyone in the world would be a little bit happier and calmer if they could regularly see it.

@user-wq9mw2xz3j 3 жыл бұрын

I've literally thought about this for so long. That most street lamps and such should turn off during night, at least for a few hours. Almost nobody is out then, its not worth it for the safety imo Edit: I was thinking mostly of a bit outside the city centre, and also not necessarily big roads and highways. But even those should be considered

@mentos93 3 жыл бұрын

Build motion sensors into them.

@wearecineMars 3 жыл бұрын

this is so important and way too less in discussion.. Thank You for talking about it!

@oksowhat 2 жыл бұрын

The thing about India is so true, as। Kid in late 2000s I saw the sky clearly from my village the morning star too sometime, but now from the same village nothing more then stars are visible, in the city area like delhi, you can literally play a game to spot the stars

@gggggg-hs2tk 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who has the luck of being able to see the sky without city lights at least once a year I'm so sad for who never experienced it, I really hope everyone gets to see it cause it's so beautiful!

@Dr.Kraig_Ren 2 жыл бұрын

As a person with dry eyes.... You know my pain

@Vincent-nl4wc 2 жыл бұрын

nothing beats like seeing a cloudless full moon lighting everything around you almost like daytime and when there is new moon a lot of stars appear, i used to live in a small town with no light pollution.

@mojave7604 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in a small desert community and grew up with amazing star scapes and sunrises & sunset. I remember the first night after moving to Houston and the sky never darkened. It turned an illuminated purple....

@jasastopar 2 жыл бұрын

I have the blue light filter on my phone, i recommend using it (if ur phone/other device has it ofc) at first it looks very weird (very orange -ish color) but in few days you will completly forget about it and your eyes will adapt to it. Its better for your eyes and brain and combined with the lower brightness it saves some battery as well

@stadtbewohner 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the things that I appreciate about North America: you can drive a few hours, go camping and see the Milky Way at night. Try that in Central Europe - very very difficult.

@jelleposthuma8786 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i'd love that...

@Sophie-lf9zn 2 жыл бұрын

I think it depends on where you live, I‘m from a village in the south of Germany and I see the stars and the milky way all the time

@BlackHawkTejas 2 жыл бұрын

LoL! It's also true about Asia & almost anywhere in the world. Don't know what were you thinking before writing that comment. In many paces you don't even have to drive for hours in few minutes that can be achieved.

@BlackHawkTejas 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sophie-lf9zn Exactly! This true for every continent!!

@famousbowl9926 2 жыл бұрын

5:30 thats why i turn on blue light filter on my Samsung Galaxy at night a couple hours before bedtime.

@hariranormal5584 2 жыл бұрын

I do live in Abu dhabi, and we know a deep road, within al Ain road which goes deep, real deep, and even the lights cut out after a good 30KM. scared to go (no people living, no cellular service in a bit, dark, no utility stations just nothing), when we saw the sky we were like "JFC WHAT HOW ARE THERE SO MANY STARS", it looked so beautiful for that moment

@uhohhotdog 2 жыл бұрын

Ive never in my life seen the stars at night aside from a handful of the brightest ones.

@alventuradelacruz522 2 жыл бұрын

Really? You should go camping if you can,t see the stars in your area, you will love it

@kcleary6876 3 жыл бұрын

Hard to believe there's only 10k views of this video. So important. Thank you for doing this and please continue your education.

@rileyrattray 2 жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to have been brought up in a rural enough place that it had close to 0 light pollution. It was very very little. And you could see the milky way even on the clearest of nights. As I grew older I gained a great appreciation for what I had. Sadly that was short lived and I now live near folks. Towns and nightclubs and the M4. There are no stars here and its sad to see what people miss out on. Not to mention the taste of the air over here. Nothing is fresh about the air around here.

@delta3675 2 жыл бұрын

I can look outside right now and see a slight amount of light. Bud when I’m at my cabin with limited light pollution. I always have to go out and lay on the dock and watch the stars. It’s still amazes me seeing shooting starts.

@shamasingh7900 3 жыл бұрын

We don't need so much artificial lights, in homes, shopping malls, offices . Also too many electronic gadgets, way too many. Electricity will help water conservation.

@Dan-mc2js 2 жыл бұрын

For me been growing up in urban city for years, and yes i can confirm I've haven't seeing galaxy or even stars in big city. Because of that i always excited when my dad say "tommorow we go to village" because I finally gotten a seeing of a clear sky with trails of stars scattering around.

@xoooxzzzz5744 2 жыл бұрын

Every year in Bali, there’s a traditional special day called ‘nyepi’ (being in silence) and for a whole day, people shouldn’t make any loud noises or turn on any lights outside. Sure, as long as you keep your window closed and taped with black cloth, u can still turn on the light at night, but the light shouldn’t seep outside. There’s a group of enforcers that goes around making sure everyone is quiet and it’s dark everywhere. If u go to ur garden at night during nyepi, the sky is freaking incredible.

@i_forgot_my_lunch7362 2 жыл бұрын

I have lived in the Montana for about four years and when my cousins came to stay with us one for them just looked up and said “I never seen these stars” I remembered not everyone can see the stars so clearly. It made me kinda sad

@registrationinnovation5497 3 жыл бұрын

I remember in my primary school, us learning about different stars and I could see them clearly at night but this days I dont even remember seeing any star unless I travel back up country

@bernadetana2751 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my concerns since I was in high school. My school located in the city, and every night when I was on my way to go home from school/college I was so sick because of the light pollution. Luckily I live in rural area, so I could see the clearer sky with the stars. So, yeah it kinda makes me prefer to live in rural area or maybe countryside.

@reddykamada 2 жыл бұрын

I worked in ships... I am blessed to watch the unpolluted glow of night sky, as we seafarers switchoff ALL our external lights at night for navigational safety.

@diitrii 2 жыл бұрын

Whenever my family goes out to the Colorado River about an hour from Yuma, Arizona, looking up at the stars is amazing.

2 жыл бұрын

I once was in a road full of lights, there was a pole every 5 meters. It was so bright that it was 23:00 and it looked like the sun hadn't set

@JosueCorella 2 жыл бұрын

Can't we develop new lights that don't have these effects or lessen them?

@naveahqueen9433 2 жыл бұрын

I’m blessed to live somewhere with little to no light reading the comments I’m shocked at how much people haven’t seen the night sky? It’s crazy beautiful to see the stars and the Milky Way

@abirnigam8816 2 жыл бұрын

Its impossible to see even the brightest star from my city. When i went to ladakh... I saw the Milky way for the first time and two shooting Stars... This mesmerized me so much... I turned my work online and shifted to Shimla. The house i built is 100% powered by green energy. I closed all lights in my house by 8-9pm leaving only 1 din bulb onn.

@zz-kn3nj 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking this issue! I was worried for a long time about this and really afraid that no one's take this as a very serious matter.

@brickbot2.038 2 жыл бұрын

I've always enjoyed looking at the stars, and considering how bad it is in cities, I should be thankful for the few dozen that I can peer at. I've heard that to see the most stars you'd have to go on an ocean cruise.

@ahappyfrenchtoast2669 2 жыл бұрын

I have a family in Rotorua, New Zealand. I decided to pay them a visit in 2020. On the way from the Auckland airport to Rotorua, my uncle stopped the car so we could take a look at the star-laden sky. It was incredible. I'd never forget how beautiful it was. I don't have pictures of it because even though I do have a nice camera, you need skills and special equipments to capture the stars in a photograph. Still, I don't regret coming to New Zealand shortly before the p*ndemic hit (went there in January 2020). I live in a large city with heavy pollution (including light pollution), and I long for stars to be visible on the sky again.

@kayden_thornock 2 жыл бұрын

When I once went camping for about a week I wasn’t the most excited for any of the activities, I was excited to see the Milky Way for the first time. But when I got there even though we were extremely far from any cities, I couldn’t see it. I still haven’t seen the Milky Way in real life to this day

@amethyst4578 2 жыл бұрын

Was it a new moon? That's the only way you can see the Milky Way fully.

@kayden_thornock 2 жыл бұрын

@@amethyst4578 oh I didn’t know that! But no it was a pretty bright moon, but I still feel like I should have been able to see a bit more than what I did

@Jimihenham 3 жыл бұрын

This channel is so underrated

@irinafersch4575 3 жыл бұрын

Not really, Deutsche Welle is pretty well known in Europe...

@CampingforCool41 2 жыл бұрын

I feel bad for people who have never seen the Milky Way in person.

@arpitchoudhary6475 2 жыл бұрын

I can't understand how people aren't bothered by lights at night, I personally sometimes wish I could just turn off the moon.

@mikecorbeil 2 жыл бұрын

@DW Planet A : I definitely agree that light pollution, which I only know of as an expression meaning happening or affecting the outdoors at night, only, that this definitely is a serious issue, for both the natural or wild environment and human health. I imagine that it also is for the health of other animals or creatures. However, I read plenty of years ago now that there were electric lights that towns were to use to replace the older lights to diminish light pollution at night and this was due to improved light tech. I never saw any updates about that though for the small city where I've mostly resided since 1976, but I think to have noticed an improvement in this respect at night. There of course continues to be city lighting for streets, but I think the city did make the changes to improve the situation at night, esp. for the main streets anyway. I'm not sure if there's been a noticeable change for the small streets.

@franciscoramirez8914 3 жыл бұрын

They should make a law to turn off all light in every city in the world as we get vitamins from sun and rain and everything natural we need natural moonlight for our health and evolution

@TheNinjakat2010 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it also will save energy consumption. Street Lights turn off at midnight in summer and 7 pm in winter

@anonymousstout4759 2 жыл бұрын

I can already see how many crimes will occur in some of the metropolitan areas

@xsleepy1476 2 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousstout4759 ikr, crime rates in bigger cities would rise so much that basically polution wouldn’t be that bad as crime rates

@arnavkmr3895 2 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousstout4759 Motion sensor lights can be a promising solution.

@bigsmall2842 2 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousstout4759 guess what. If it’s night time you stay out of harms way. Night time is meant for sleep. It’s been like this for thousands of years. Those who wander at night put themselves at risk since the days of hunter gatherers.

@captainblackbody6350 2 жыл бұрын

I get it in age of 7 year 😐 when my teacher ask me how many kinds of pollution which you know? I answer that with " air pollution land pollution Light pollution and forest pollution can my teacher ask me tell me about Light pollution and my answer was I can't see more star in in night sky because of so many lights in in streets .

@Goryalight 2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing millions of stars when my cousin and I were biking to the market. There were no lights at all but the sky would illuminate. This was different if you moved to the main island where you see nothing.

@SlyHikari03 2 жыл бұрын

Warmer tones really do matter. They reduce eye strain and are probably better for the environment..

@12kenbutsuri 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody: News: talks about bright light being bad while constantly flashing bright light on the screen.

@__blank__3830 2 жыл бұрын

Before seeing this video, I use to complain how dark the area I live is. As the area I used to live in , was very bright during the night. But after learning all this I think I appreciate the small amount of lights in my area

@KittenPinkamations 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Singapore. When my family and I went to this small-town part of Australia to visit a family friend, I was just _amazed_ when I saw the night sky full of stars.

@singularityraptor4022 2 жыл бұрын

Dimmer public lights and technologies like directed lighting seems practical. Things like motion sensors add tedium to the medium. We could also try regulating light based on their distance from the ground, like having a sort of a altitude we must prevent light from seeping into.

@whoscatimi7590 2 жыл бұрын

Wait my mother always told me I couldn’t see the stars because of air pollution and stuff I’ve only ever seen like 2 a night if I’m lucky Well….

@abtheflagman 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks once again you will help me sleep better and I will live longer thank you DW my hero

@shinigamieyes7779 2 жыл бұрын

Lol I'm so grateful to be able to see the milky way every night from my backyard 😊✨

@SpiderKiwi 2 жыл бұрын

My boyfriend is a truck driver and sometimes we drive for miles in the middle of no where and I get to look up at the beautiful stars. There are so many out there, nothing like where I live. There are some more around his house as I live right by a major city and he lives about an hour away from it, but nothing like in the middle of nowhere. My dream is to go to Utah in the middle of the desert to see the stars with as little pollution as possible. Maybe even alaska someday. I hope to experience such a beautiful thing before I perish some day.

@muthuk 2 жыл бұрын

Good one throwing 'light' (pun intended) on this 'invisible' (again pun intended) pollution that affects us all unknowingly in the here & now as we speak

@clarasimonis2994 3 жыл бұрын

The saddest thing is how many views this video has, i am always alone expressing my pain on this issue, what about the waste of electticity, how about more motion and solar lights and not using them at all during the fuller phases of the moon when the noght sky is bright naturally

@robo-roger7815 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, there's so many empty parking lots lit up like it's morning

@7_y1ar 2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing like 40 stars in the sky and was happy, it was the most stars i saw in my life in one night

@susannaimi5337 3 жыл бұрын

We may need a light in our homes to get by but streets,, signs , empty buildings etc this can all be reduced.. I'm lucky to live outside a city and the sky is beautiful after midnight when the street lights go out..