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c/backyard-stargazingaaron708aaron7089d agoProlific Poster

Can we talk about the moment you realized your red light was the problem?

I spent 6 months in Phoenix wondering why my night vision was so terrible until I noticed the little red LED on my power strip was lighting up my whole dark-adaptation process, so what's the one thing you didn't realize was messing with your view?
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the_margaret
Oh man, that reminds me of trying to watch a meteor shower last summer... my neighbor's new solar-powered garden light was this tiny, piercing blue beacon that ruined everything. Took me an hour to figure out where that glow was even coming from.
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ericgonzalez
Ugh, that's the worst! It's crazy how one little light can wreck your whole night vision. I had a streetlight replaced with a brighter LED model last year and it basically turned my backyard into a daytime scene. So much for stargazing.
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