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shazzabell | 18:41 Thu 26th Oct 2006 | How it Works
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Why do street lamps light up orange?
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Because they use a sodium vapour, which gives out yellowish light.
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Thank you fo3nix!
The orange light tends not to be as glaring as the white light that other types of lamps emit.
h.p.s. high pressure sodium - usually streetlights, l.p.s. -low pressure sodium used in tunnels and underpasses. metalarc halide also used in streetlights, blueish white light.
Everything you ever wanted to know about sodium lights. (I think, because I couldn't stop yawning!):

http://www.soxlamps.com/
i live in canada, we use h.p.s. in our streetlights, much brighter than l.p.s., as i said we use in tunnels and underpasses.

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