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Posts tagged "Sodium Vapor"

Good Morning Inspiration! Berlin, from Space, at Night, from Colonel Chris Hadfield at ISS

Posted by Jim - April 23, 2013 - Celestial Lighting, Good Morning Inspiration, Light and Nature, NASA and Space Light
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Good morning, Earth! An awesome piece of inspiration this morning from Canadian Colonel Chris Hadfield, Commander of the International Space Station.  Col. Hadfield took a photo of Berlin at night from the ISS (he does this all over the Earth, btw, and they're all awesome), showing an obvious color temperature divide between the higher quality [...]

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Howard Brandston VS. Sodium Vapor – DEATHMATCH!

Posted by Jim - March 28, 2009 - Designers, Lamps and Sources

Okay, maybe deathmatch is a little bit much, but Howard Brandston, one of the lighting industries superstars (with over 50 years and 2500+ projects)  is certainly not a fan of high pressure sodium light.  I just ran across a New Yorker article about Howard Brandston discussing some sodium vapors (and other stuff) on a walking [...]

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Lighting 101: HID Lamps

Posted by Jim - December 31, 2008 - Lamps and Sources, Lighting 101

Have you ever been out shopping for replacement lamps for your home and saw acronyms like HID, HPS, MSR, and HMI?  These acronyms refer to lamps that are different than your typical household incandescent with a filament – HID stands for High Intensity Discharge lamp, and refers to lamps that utilize an electric arc to [...]

Read More HID, HMI, HPS, Hydrargyrum, Lighting 101, mercury, Mercury Vapor, MSR, Sodium Vapor

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