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Headlamp attached to a helmet. A headlamp, headlight, or head torch is a light source affixed to the head typically for outdoor activities at night or in dark conditions such as caving, orienteering, hiking, skiing, backpacking, camping, mountaineering or mountain biking.
Under ECE regulations, H1 lamps are required to emit white or selective yellow light. [1] U.S. regulations require H1 lamps to emit white light. [2] Under both ECE and U.S. specifications, the allowable range of white light is quite large; some H1 lamps have a slight blue or yellow tint to the glass yet still produce light legally acceptable under the requirement for white light.
The "Lights of the Ozarks" will be on display through January 1, 2025. Gunnar Rathbun/Shutterstock Every year, Fayetteville, Arkansas, hosts the "Lights of the Ozarks" Christmas light display.
U.S. standard 7-inch headlamp combining low and high beam with turn signal lights below on a 1949 Nash 600 Glass-covered 5¾" sealed beam headlamps on a 1965 Chrysler 300 Rectangular sealed-beam headlamps with turn signal light below on a 1979 AMC Concord. Headlight design in the U.S. changed very little from 1940 to 1983. [7] [16]
This year’s display, named “Misfit Island Christmas Spectacular,” is Reid’s biggest yet — featuring 100,000 lights and over 500 decorations donated by the community.
Acetylene gas, derived from carbide, enabled early automobiles to drive safely at night. Thick concave mirrors combined with magnifying lenses projected the acetylene flame light. These type of lights were used until reliable batteries and dynamos became available, and manufacturers switched to electric lights.
Brand new high-intensity discharge lamps make more visible light per unit of electric power consumed than fluorescent and incandescent lamps, since a greater proportion of their radiation is visible light in contrast to infrared. However, the lumen output of HID lighting can deteriorate by up to 70% over 10,000 burning hours.
A year of stargazing: 4 events that dazzled skygazers in 2024, from total solar eclipse to northern lights Parker Solar Probe to make closest approach to sun. Parker sent a transmission last week ...