TIL that the red lights on top of tall buildings in cities are called “aviation obstruction lighting,” and are used to help pilots of low-flying aircraft avoid collisions with otherwise hard-to-see structures. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by bearjew64 t3_123n88j on March 27, 2023 at 1:39 PM in todayilearned 33 comments 77
TryPokingIt t1_jdvl9wi wrote on March 27, 2023 at 2:58 PM And the series of three multicolored vertical lights at road intersections are meant to control traffic flow Permalink 45 i_hate_gift_cards t1_jdwiiwo wrote on March 27, 2023 at 6:32 PM subscribe Permalink Parent 9
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