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the street. The beam pattern has a brighter center with a gently fading edge that will blend with the next fixture, said Smulian. With 150-foot spacing you will not have continuous bright light but you will not have spaces of complete dark either, he added. You will have pools of light but it will not be black in between, he explained.
The acorn lamps were developed primarily for metropolitan areas. “One thing that particular lamp will do is even out the light more so than the incandescent lights ever will do," Mr. Smilian said.
One problem with the (acorn) fixture, he said, is light pollution. It throws a lot light upwards into the night sky. masking the stars.
“We do a lot of work on the west coast and light pollution is a real problem there,” he said. Laws igainst light pollution are forcing :he acorn fixtures off the streets here, he added.
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