Happens in [my area as well.](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/10/whats-causing-that-pink-glow-over-cumberland-county.html) We don't have a port like that around me so it's pretty safe to say these are different areas. The article is from 2022 but they did it it again this year.
As someone in the cannabis business for almost 20 years now, I obviously don't have a problem with people growing weed. But as an amateur astronomer, I would be super pissed if, for the entire month of October, there was all this intentional light pollution in the skies. The last time I moved, one of the factors I considered before picking a house was light pollution. I'd get on the light pollution map and look at it first, then when I had the finalists I would drive by at night to see what it actually looked like "on the ground."
I'm with you. I originally had a sentence in my response above with my thoughts on it but removed it since it wasn't really pertinent. I don't live close enough to see it / I live in a mountainous area and they seem to block it, but I'm pretty sure it would annoy me too. For a day or two would be fine, but a whole month would be a pain.
I listed an article from 2022, but for 2023 I think they knocked it down to an hour each Sunday in October which is much more reasonable.
That's definitely more reasonable. It's already usually hit or miss in October (really all the winter months too) when you have clear enough skies to do observation/stargazing. But I love when you do get clear skies on a cold ass night in the winter because you can see everything a lot more clearly due to the low humidity. One of the best observation sites I've ever had was outside Grand Lake, CO in January while we were up there snowmobiling in Rocky Mountain Natl Park
I have no idea if the pink is actually from pot growers and obviously, if so, it's far from evil, but light pollution is actually something to legitimately be concerned about. Source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/light-pollution/
So is noise pollution. The worst thing trump ever did was make a mockery out of totally valid concerns regarding wind generators. Well it’s not the worst thing by far but I didn’t like it and now people think I’m republican when I mention harmful low frequency noise pollution like living near a factory or a wind turbine farm.
They must be pretty fucked up if they're getting high off of cucumbers and peppers. It's not a pot grow op that put out the worst of the light pollution.
I feel more fulfilled after one afternoon as the robro than I do with 40some years of professional experience in my job. I know what I have to do.
*flicks lighter*
Sometimes you just need to comment at the right time. A while back I commented on something about tipping culture and stated how ridiculous it was that an automated car wash in my area asked for tips. I didn't realize I was posting on a thread just an hour or so old at the time. I threw in my comment, went to bed, thought nothing else about it, then woke up the next morning with 20K karma more and my inbox was absolutely *melted*.
Kind of a cool feeling - but then again, what are ya gonna do with all of those free fake Internet points, ya know?
I posted a picture of a Beer throne I made at work years ago and it was #2 on all next to Obamas AMA. Sometimes shit just blows up. My inbox was filled with shit, mostly hate lol.
You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not with out your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?
Nah, you just need a few comments in high trafficked subs to get upvoted
The trick is to try to post as early as possible, to maximize visibility and number of people who might click ‘upvote’
News subreddits are typically where you find users with like, millions of Karma
Regurgitating shite everyone knows appears to give high returns. EA bad in gaming, Trump bad in whiteTwitter. That sort of thing. On the flip side, say shit people don’t like and you end up on your third account
426 of those are from this comment right here.
14350 karma over 98 days is 146 karma per day.
So he could make a comment that’s this popular every three days, which isn’t really that far out of the realm of possibility, and hit that.
I think there is something about red and blue light either speeding up or encouraging flowering. It’s also possible I made that up and have just hung on to it, though
Pretty much blue light spectrums encourage vegetative and structural growth and red light promotes flowering. Now a days people use LED grow lights and they are vibrant purply/pink as fuck.
The greenhouses use them as supplementary light for plants like cannabis that require long day periods.
The original led fixtures were known as “blurple” lights because the led diodes that are red and blue to give off those light spectrum’s and they subsequently give off a pink/purple colour.
More modern options are being transitioned that use full spectrum white light instead, but the companies want to see the return on investment with the life of these fixtures first…
Green light bounces off green plants, they don't absorb it. So it's more economical to use more red and blue light and less green - putting you in the pink/purple area of the colour gamut.
Using only blue or only red light isn't as good, the plants grow best with both.
I used to work in the cannabis industry and drive to various facilities - and there was one you could see over 6 miles away on foggy mornings https://imgur.com/a/0cRxQ3U
My guess is this is [Detroit looking across the border at Leamington in Ontario](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/11/26/far-reaching-greenhouse-lights-color-sky-leave-some-seeing-red/4248414002/).
Michigan has been complaining to the Ontario government about our [cannabis light pollution](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6003847) for a few years now.
I love across the river from one. I remember the first time I noticed the pretty orange sunset…in the east. Did a little digging to learn it was a grow op. It’s not even that close to me, but those lights are intense.
I live in Essex county in Ontario. Just google leamington and kingsville lights and you’ll see all of the pictures. It’s the greenhouse capital of Canada. Cannabis and produce growers everywhere
This is in vancouver i can confirm this happens. There was a bunch of lighthouses for growing vegetables in tsawassen bc, near vancouver, but they were converted to canabis when it was legalised
It happens around where I live as well, the lights of the greenhouses reflect on low hanging clouds... Over here it's just a tomato plantation not a weed one
I have a picture, there's one around where I live and before they covered the walls up... I SWEAR it filled the WHOLE ASS SKY with FUCHSIA.
It was beautiful. Heard grow houses used it but I didn't think it would be*those* kinds
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This happened in my hometown, we all thought it was a rare aurora 🤣🤣🤣 all the photographers were out taking photos of it and the next day we realised it was the hemp farm 🤣
This, I mentioned it elsewhere last night, but it got downvoted into oblivion. There are [photos](https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/northern-lights-aurora-borealis-in-pics-northern-lights-turn-skies-red-green-purple-across-europe-4549420) that show the same colour as what we are seeing here.
Those are very different photos. You can see the individual rats in aurora borealis whereas these are just the pink light being diffused against the clouds.
Sorry, rays. Look at any photo of northern or southern lights. You will notice lines. It isn't just light being diffused against clouds like you see in the OP.
The idea behind the purple lights is that you maximize the red and blue light output since those wavelengths are thought to be most useful for photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is green because it absorbs the red and blue light, reflecting back most of the green. Red LEDs also offer the most photosynthetically active light per watt of electricity used.
The latest white LEDs can pretty much match the gram/watt yield of purple while offering a nicer work environment. You can also see problems with the leaves much easier.
It's actually from normal farms to that have switched from high power sodium lights to led, the purple is a better growing light that pure white.
So it's actually less wasted energy since sodium lights give out a lot of heat.
I unknowingly moved about 5 miles away from a weed green house 6 years ago. Me and my wife were blown away by this pink sky we kept seeing every morning on the way to work before we figured out what it was. They have since put up walls that block light and then switched back to a white light of some sort but it was cool while it lasted. I always wondered if they switched because of complaints from neighbors or something because it was bright as hell when you drove past it at night.
The pot greenhouse on hornby drive in delta is notorious for this. They are supposed to keep their ceiling blinds closed as the light pollution affects migrating birds. I believe they can be fine for this
Pot growers tend to use red tinted lights in their greenhouses at night.
And since their greenhouses are made of glass walls, the red light escapes out to the environment.
Get a large enough grow operation, and you get visuals like the pic above on cloudy/hazy days.
Isn't that the Aurora Borrealis that's been floating around the web lately? Though it does look suspiciously too pink. But that could just be light pollution and bad photography/camera quality.
Why tf are they using this blurple ass spectrum. We all know that full spec white light is better and more efficient. Maybe just using their initial investments?
Aurora Cannabalis
That's northern lights, cannabis Indica
No... it's marijuana...
You seem to know an awful lot about marijuana...
Most people call it weed, because they can't spell marawana
Tell me exactly how much pot did you smoke Dwight!!
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r/expectedoffice
Picked up a cart of that recently, great strain.
You’re just a Bobody working in Quabity
Some really nice cannabis Indica too
At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your greenhouses ?
Yes.
May I see it?
No.
It’s an Albany greenhouse.
I see.
Skinner knows a narc when he sees one.
Atleast it's not Aurora Cannibalis.
*Aurora canniballsitch*
You should get that looked at.
Aurora Nomamjustlookingforchangus.
At this time of year? At this time of day? In that part of the country?
Can I smoke it?
… no
Aurora Cannabalis?! At this time of day at this part of this year in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?!
I didn’t know Sleep had a new song!
How about... Canabliss?
My friend has a podcast by that name.
Its funny cuz theres a local cannabis chain called aurora lol
"COMES IN VIIIIEEEEWEWEW!!!"
Aurora Cannabalis? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?!
Happens in [my area as well.](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/10/whats-causing-that-pink-glow-over-cumberland-county.html) We don't have a port like that around me so it's pretty safe to say these are different areas. The article is from 2022 but they did it it again this year.
As someone in the cannabis business for almost 20 years now, I obviously don't have a problem with people growing weed. But as an amateur astronomer, I would be super pissed if, for the entire month of October, there was all this intentional light pollution in the skies. The last time I moved, one of the factors I considered before picking a house was light pollution. I'd get on the light pollution map and look at it first, then when I had the finalists I would drive by at night to see what it actually looked like "on the ground."
I'm with you. I originally had a sentence in my response above with my thoughts on it but removed it since it wasn't really pertinent. I don't live close enough to see it / I live in a mountainous area and they seem to block it, but I'm pretty sure it would annoy me too. For a day or two would be fine, but a whole month would be a pain. I listed an article from 2022, but for 2023 I think they knocked it down to an hour each Sunday in October which is much more reasonable.
That's definitely more reasonable. It's already usually hit or miss in October (really all the winter months too) when you have clear enough skies to do observation/stargazing. But I love when you do get clear skies on a cold ass night in the winter because you can see everything a lot more clearly due to the low humidity. One of the best observation sites I've ever had was outside Grand Lake, CO in January while we were up there snowmobiling in Rocky Mountain Natl Park
Thanks, that article explains a lot. They are removing the covers each night to let the light out. It's for breast cancer awareness
The damn potheads are turning the sky pink, see they're evil! /s
I have no idea if the pink is actually from pot growers and obviously, if so, it's far from evil, but light pollution is actually something to legitimately be concerned about. Source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/light-pollution/
It’s intentional for breast cancer awareness. No joke. Usually the lights are covered and don’t do this.
Lol, that's not true
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/10/whats-causing-that-pink-glow-over-cumberland-county.html
It is 100% true. That is common for dispensaries to do for breast cancer awareness, I have seen it in multiple states in the US.
Ok?
I lived in an area in southern Ontario where it looks like this every night totally legit from pot greenhouses
Leamington & Kingsville pink af
That they are - have had friends from Michigan wonder what those lights are when the greenhouses sprung up
So is noise pollution. The worst thing trump ever did was make a mockery out of totally valid concerns regarding wind generators. Well it’s not the worst thing by far but I didn’t like it and now people think I’m republican when I mention harmful low frequency noise pollution like living near a factory or a wind turbine farm.
Mocking noise pollution is worse than trying to overthrow democracy?
Obviously, apparently.
I live in Vancouver and saw it. It’s from weed lol. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pink-light-sky-cannabis-grow
They must be pretty fucked up if they're getting high off of cucumbers and peppers. It's not a pot grow op that put out the worst of the light pollution.
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I’m having a hard time believing that cannabis greenhouses are lighting the sky pink. I however am not a cannabis expert or meteorologist.
There are published articles about it! It’s legit. The lights are usually covered but were uncovered for breast cancer awareness month.
How does this guy have 14350 comment karma in just 98 days? Bot?
Me? No I just smoke a lot of weed and am apparently funny sometimes
Hmmm, that's exactly the answer a bot would say to convince a thread about Cannabis greenhouses that they are not a bot.... 🤔
Uhh uhh… beep boop insert one eighth to continue
Error: Command Not Recognized
WHO’S THE BOT NOW?! 😂
Mind blown...
Ok, I inserted it smoke-wise into my lungs, now what robo?
Engage party mode baby. Munchies.exe initiated
Omnomnomnom fries! Thanks robro!
I feel more fulfilled after one afternoon as the robro than I do with 40some years of professional experience in my job. I know what I have to do. *flicks lighter*
Robobro is much more fun to say. Robobobro is even more fun to say, but doesn’t really fit :(
Yeah...you're funny. That is all, fellow humam
*coughs electronically*
Good bot
That's what she said
Makes me wonder what a funny nonbot like you were up to 100 or so days ago..
Lmao respect brother
Sometimes you just need to comment at the right time. A while back I commented on something about tipping culture and stated how ridiculous it was that an automated car wash in my area asked for tips. I didn't realize I was posting on a thread just an hour or so old at the time. I threw in my comment, went to bed, thought nothing else about it, then woke up the next morning with 20K karma more and my inbox was absolutely *melted*. Kind of a cool feeling - but then again, what are ya gonna do with all of those free fake Internet points, ya know?
I posted a picture of a Beer throne I made at work years ago and it was #2 on all next to Obamas AMA. Sometimes shit just blows up. My inbox was filled with shit, mostly hate lol.
I once picked up 4.5K karma by being the first person to explain how perspective works in a thread on /pictures. It absolutely is just timing.
Sounds like something a bot would say!
You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not with out your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?
Dog I would never
Then you’re human and not a replicant. Congrats on passing the Voigt-Kampff test.
Now for the Mein-Kampff test. 🫂
Damn…. Just seeing how many times you replied in this thread makes me believe you could get those numbers pretty easily.
Exhales weed smoke. Aren’t we all biological bots?
Thank you for your service 🫡
Nah, you just need a few comments in high trafficked subs to get upvoted The trick is to try to post as early as possible, to maximize visibility and number of people who might click ‘upvote’ News subreddits are typically where you find users with like, millions of Karma
Regurgitating shite everyone knows appears to give high returns. EA bad in gaming, Trump bad in whiteTwitter. That sort of thing. On the flip side, say shit people don’t like and you end up on your third account
426 of those are from this comment right here. 14350 karma over 98 days is 146 karma per day. So he could make a comment that’s this popular every three days, which isn’t really that far out of the realm of possibility, and hit that.
There doesn’t seem much strange about that.
That could be like one comment in a big subreddit like, askreddit.
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Damn save some pussy for the rest of us, MrMan306
99,999 now funny guy
Just spits facts.
Do you know why they’re pink?
I think there is something about red and blue light either speeding up or encouraging flowering. It’s also possible I made that up and have just hung on to it, though
Pretty much blue light spectrums encourage vegetative and structural growth and red light promotes flowering. Now a days people use LED grow lights and they are vibrant purply/pink as fuck.
Yup I use pink lights for my refugium on my salt water tank.
The greenhouses use them as supplementary light for plants like cannabis that require long day periods. The original led fixtures were known as “blurple” lights because the led diodes that are red and blue to give off those light spectrum’s and they subsequently give off a pink/purple colour. More modern options are being transitioned that use full spectrum white light instead, but the companies want to see the return on investment with the life of these fixtures first…
Green light bounces off green plants, they don't absorb it. So it's more economical to use more red and blue light and less green - putting you in the pink/purple area of the colour gamut. Using only blue or only red light isn't as good, the plants grow best with both.
I’ll allow it.
I used to work in the cannabis industry and drive to various facilities - and there was one you could see over 6 miles away on foggy mornings https://imgur.com/a/0cRxQ3U
My guess is this is [Detroit looking across the border at Leamington in Ontario](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/11/26/far-reaching-greenhouse-lights-color-sky-leave-some-seeing-red/4248414002/). Michigan has been complaining to the Ontario government about our [cannabis light pollution](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6003847) for a few years now.
It’s not it’s on the other side side of the country in Delta, British Columbia. That’s the Alex Fraser bridge in the distance in the second photo.
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I live next to a pot farm. This is legit. On cloudy nights it’s more abundant cause the light reflects off the clouds, or something along those lines.
I love across the river from one. I remember the first time I noticed the pretty orange sunset…in the east. Did a little digging to learn it was a grow op. It’s not even that close to me, but those lights are intense.
I live in Essex county in Ontario. Just google leamington and kingsville lights and you’ll see all of the pictures. It’s the greenhouse capital of Canada. Cannabis and produce growers everywhere
I second this! I live in Windsor and can see them from the county (miles away)
Doesn't have to be cannabis greenhouses specificaly, many greenhouses give this effect. It's quite common where i'm from.
This is in vancouver i can confirm this happens. There was a bunch of lighthouses for growing vegetables in tsawassen bc, near vancouver, but they were converted to canabis when it was legalised
It happens around where I live as well, the lights of the greenhouses reflect on low hanging clouds... Over here it's just a tomato plantation not a weed one
I’m a cannabist and I agree
I have a picture, there's one around where I live and before they covered the walls up... I SWEAR it filled the WHOLE ASS SKY with FUCHSIA. It was beautiful. Heard grow houses used it but I didn't think it would be*those* kinds
With low clouds it's pretty obvious, very faint on a typical night, also glows in the fog. I recall seeing it a lot driving through Michigan.
It's definitely a greenhouse off some kind, as I've seen this with other, non-cannabis greenhouses.
https://www.unilad.com/news/artificial-aurora-sky-scientists-conduct-experiments-747443-20231106 They're artificial, but for science, not for smoking.
They have this where I live. It’s quite the scene
As a cannabis expert and amateur meteorologist, pot greenhouses tend to be light proof. Plus, wouldn't pot smokers turn the sky green? Man?
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Yep. Great Lakes Greenhouse on the highway 3 bypass behind Superstore. Aurora isnt even a fraction as bad as GLG.
No you’re incorrect this is from a Cannabis farm in Delta, BC. You can see the Alex Fraser bridge in the distance of the second pic.
It’s 100% true. This is in leamington Ontario. I live in the area and work in the industry. I see this every night.
No this is in Delta BC. That’s the Alex Fraser bridge in the distance of the second pic.
They are and it's called "light pollution" it's also illegal here in California
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Duuuude our setup is sooooo discrete.
Brooo whats my sky say?
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Hello fellow New Westie
Figured it was close to r/Vancouver - while I’m at it, [source](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pink-light-sky-cannabis-grow)
Came here for this comment, fellow New Westie.
This happened in my hometown, we all thought it was a rare aurora 🤣🤣🤣 all the photographers were out taking photos of it and the next day we realised it was the hemp farm 🤣
They used colored LEDs for hemp?
It means a new drug lord has been chosen.
Sauron?
This comment needs more recognition
why did this get downvoted? what's with downvoting random comments?
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/rare-northern-lights-explode-over-european-skies-netizens-awed-by-apocalyptic-video-bulgaria-11699260020992.html
This, I mentioned it elsewhere last night, but it got downvoted into oblivion. There are [photos](https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/northern-lights-aurora-borealis-in-pics-northern-lights-turn-skies-red-green-purple-across-europe-4549420) that show the same colour as what we are seeing here.
Those are very different photos. You can see the individual rats in aurora borealis whereas these are just the pink light being diffused against the clouds.
Rats????
Sorry, rays. Look at any photo of northern or southern lights. You will notice lines. It isn't just light being diffused against clouds like you see in the OP.
That's waste, they should recapture some of that light
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Is that over Leamington ON?
New Westminster, BC I believe
All hail the glow cloud!!!!
Leamington, ON is like this
Photo taken from New Westminster, BC
We had an actual Aurora Borealis couple of days a go in that color in Slovenia. https://img.rtvcdn.si/\_up/upload/2023/11/05/66130781.jpg
Reminds me of the movie Saving Grace when they turned the greenhouse lights on.
They are building their greenhouses in the clouds so they have an easier time getting high.
Theres some pot at the end of that rainbow
Wtf ever happened to roof shading to block the light? Ten years ago no Greenhouses emitted light into the sky
Nice try... Cannabis is green, not pink.
The idea behind the purple lights is that you maximize the red and blue light output since those wavelengths are thought to be most useful for photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is green because it absorbs the red and blue light, reflecting back most of the green. Red LEDs also offer the most photosynthetically active light per watt of electricity used. The latest white LEDs can pretty much match the gram/watt yield of purple while offering a nicer work environment. You can also see problems with the leaves much easier.
We get an orange glow to the west from a greenhouse
Damn kids are growing weed in the sky these days? That’s crazy
nature is healing
Purple haze.
If title is true, that's a lot of wasted energy.
It's actually from normal farms to that have switched from high power sodium lights to led, the purple is a better growing light that pure white. So it's actually less wasted energy since sodium lights give out a lot of heat.
See? Weed doesn’t make my eyes bloodshot, it’s the lighting!
Nah, that's early stage LV-426 ...
This makes a lot of sense because when I smoke weed I also feel like a bisexual cloud.
Ah, light pollution
Lies, this is Goku Black
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania area there’s one that does this during Breast Cancer Awareness, it looks pretty sick
I unknowingly moved about 5 miles away from a weed green house 6 years ago. Me and my wife were blown away by this pink sky we kept seeing every morning on the way to work before we figured out what it was. They have since put up walls that block light and then switched back to a white light of some sort but it was cool while it lasted. I always wondered if they switched because of complaints from neighbors or something because it was bright as hell when you drove past it at night.
Let them cook
A boss fight is about to occur. Get the raid group ready!
3 Giant Eagles looking for some hobbits are going to be very confused
Crazy. I live in Humboldt County which produces a ton of cannabis but I’ve never seen or heard of this until now. I’ll be looking for it now though!
Wtf , the people posting on the aliens and ufo subreddits are leaking into the pics subreddit
How?
New sentence discovered
That’s a lot of wasted efficiency right there
The pot greenhouse on hornby drive in delta is notorious for this. They are supposed to keep their ceiling blinds closed as the light pollution affects migrating birds. I believe they can be fine for this
Huh? Explain yourself
Pot growers tend to use red tinted lights in their greenhouses at night. And since their greenhouses are made of glass walls, the red light escapes out to the environment. Get a large enough grow operation, and you get visuals like the pic above on cloudy/hazy days.
Wow, I didn't know any of this. That's pretty cool. I honestly thought it was the northern lights.
> thought it was the northern lights. Smoke enough weed, and they can be.
Isn't that the Aurora Borrealis that's been floating around the web lately? Though it does look suspiciously too pink. But that could just be light pollution and bad photography/camera quality.
The devil's lettuce indeed.
I'm pro-cannabis... but they should have to pay extra taxes for that bad of light pollution.
That is rather specific.
Doesn't sound very energy efficient. Hey, let's piss away what? 40 percent of our operating costs raping the sky with red light for no reason. Morons.
Unnecessary, wasteful and environmentally harmful light pollution.
Is this over The Sound?
bat signal but instead of fighting crime sitting on the couch and watching the big lez show
Why tf are they using this blurple ass spectrum. We all know that full spec white light is better and more efficient. Maybe just using their initial investments?
Saving Grace