Question

In which sentences from “How Light Pollution Works” does the author use figurative language to describe characteristics of types of light pollution?
Select all that apply.

How Light Pollution Works

Nighttime photos of major metropolitan areas often show this in amazing intensity, with the most brilliant blankets of sky glow emitting dusky, smoldering blazes dotted with shining hotspots.

Whether stringing streetlights too close together along a highway or brightening a building with midday cheer in the dead of night, practices like these can be both distracting and wasteful.

Your neighbors might know better than to hop over your fence in the middle of the night, but do they know enough not to leave all their lights on—inside and out—in anticipation of a late night out?

This usually happens when lights aim directly into people’s eyes; in other words, you see straight into the source of the light.

Answer 1

Answer:

Whether stringing streetlights too close together along a highway or brightening a building with midday cheer in the dead of night, practices like these can be both distracting and wasteful.

Nighttime photos of major metropolitan areas often show this in amazing intensity, with the most brilliant blankets of sky glow emitting dusky, smoldering blazes dotted with shining hotspots.

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