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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Guy
......I am sometimes tempted to have a thread showing the most ridiculous lake lighters but their is really no fair way to photograph the light shows in a uniform manner that conveys the true impact on your dilated pupils.
.......Being able to leave for a night ride and shut the lights off while we are gone is most of the reason.
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The biggest offenders are those that leave lake-facing floodlights on (sometimes quartz lights) most of the night. I have a neighbor who has strung rope light from his house to his dock and has it on a timer that stays on from sunset to midnight. It definitely impacts night sky viewing, but the spotlights make it difficult to navigate at times and definitely blinding coming into narrow areas of navigation. ....not to mention the increased difficulty in picking out lighted markers from a well-lit shoreline.