Light Pollution Map Uk

The light pollution map has two base layers (road and hybrid bing maps), viirs/world atlas/clouds/aurora overlays and a point feature overlay (sqm, sqc and observatories). 80% of the world population live under skyglow and almost everyone in the uk cannot experience a natural night sky from where they live. This is surprising since the uk population increased by 10%.

Intrusive light this is the intrusion of over bright or poorly directed lights onto neighbouring property, which affect the neighbours’ right to enjoy their own property. You will need to tick the boundary you want to view in the legend before the district or national character area boundary will show on screen. The dark areas on these maps have less light pollution, showing just how special some parts of the uk's dark skies really are.

Light pollution has increased from a variety of sources, including residences, sports facilities, public infrastructure (such as lighting along motorways), retail buildings, and industrial activity.

Most of the earth is affected by light pollution. Search by national character area. Only the observation of planets and double stars is unaffected. One possible conclusion is that ‘skyglow’ has reduced because we’re using better designed lighting that doesn’t create as much light pollution.