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600-lumen solar path light at 3 m: detection of an obstacle at 10 m requires 2 lux at the midpoint, giving 15.5 m maximum spacing at $3,559 per km per year. Above extinction 0.102 per metre no spacing of 8 m or wider meets detection through fog or dust.
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