lightscape

plural lightscapes

1. An illuminated environment; a lighting arrangement that picks out some details and obscures others.

   The Service will preserve, to the greatest extent possible, the natural lightscapes of parks, which are natural resources and values that exist in the absence of human-caused light.

   2006, United States, Management Policies 2006, National Park Service, page 57

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   The theater house can encourage the lighting designer to imagine extraordinary lightscapes or it can limit the placement of lights, resulting in constant frustration that is stimulating to no one.

   2000, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, Theaters