sodium light

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In a 2019 Nature Communications study, researchers used a low-pressure sodium light to cast a yellow tint on an entire room.

From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2023

Frank and Sheikh wondered if sodium light would be used by a civilization that developed differently — perhaps their eyes would function in different parts of the spectrum.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

Its shiny skin glinted in the sodium light of the loading bay; its floor wasn’t sticky; the seats didn’t smell like fried chicken.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2018

Pyrotechnics sputtered into life, their sodium light cutting through the fog.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2018

But the painter who bade his subject sit under a sodium light would justly be deemed a lunatic, and any analysis of Spencer’s character drawn from his latest prank would be faulty in the extreme.

From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis