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.
Went to visit my family over the holidays and they had replaced the lights in my old bedroom (a fan with 4 sockets) with 4x 150-W-equivalent cold-as-ice LEDs. I turned the lights on and immediately was blinded.
I turned around, went to home depot, and bought 4x 40-W equivalent warm-as-possible LEDs and made the swap. We’ll see what’s there next time I visit - I may have started a silent war.
I fully support having loads of light in a room, four 150w equivalents sounds awesome for cleaning or working on a project, but put that shit on a dimmer, of course making sure they’re dimmable LEDs. Also, of course, like 3000-4000K color temp (unless they’re in a bathroom or kitchen where 5000K is acceptable imo)
My grandparents the same. I use their LED candles for light lol. Its so far the opposite of what I’m used to. I’m a Hue colored bulbs home where I constantly mess around with colors and palettes and my place is like deep dark red after 7pm. Its always an—lets call it adjustment