tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520705626760647250.post5294509110774126359..comments2024-03-29T00:16:29.129-07:00Comments on Into The Night Photography: Light Pollution in Arches N.P.Royce Bairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361120704934058366noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520705626760647250.post-35877010345782653792014-10-07T04:35:06.543-07:002014-10-07T04:35:06.543-07:00Royce,
I visited Arches in August 2013 and did s...Royce, <br /><br />I visited Arches in August 2013 and did some night photography while there. As with other parks, I found it to see or photograph many features of the park without people crowding around. At night, I found just what you describe: many more headlights than I expected and a large amount of light coming from the Moab area (something that did not surprise me since I came from Moab before entering Arches).<br /><br />This of course parallels my experience at home (Michigan) in the last couple of years since I have been night shooting. In the rural area where I live, despite a very low population density, the LOCAL light pollution is turning moderately dark skies in to light polluted ares. A highway intersection some six miles away constantly lights the night like a stadium field. North of me, where there's few year-round residents, just a single gas station brightens the sky to spoil night shooting in the national forest.<br /><br />Success has always seemed to negate much of the beauty of our national park sites. Now it seems that is happening with the night sky at the same locations that were once great night shooting spots. <br /><br />I think the much higher efficiency lighting technology is not reducing light pollution. Instead, it is adding to it. Now anyone can light up miles of night sky at little cost.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04801840460754011468noreply@blogger.com