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Kavvy · 12-06-2012, 07:52 AM

Pretty Cool

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check out how lit up the Nile river is:

Spoiler!

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/12...rth-ever-seen/

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NP...-at-night.html

Northendzone · 12-06-2012, 08:31 AM

cool pictures. interesting how little light there is in africa versus north america.

Nufy · 12-06-2012, 08:32 AM

Dammit !!!! I told my son to turn the lights out when he went to bed...

Lazy teenagers.........

Daradon · 12-06-2012, 08:33 AM

Wonder while the Nile is so lit up. Guess a lot of big cities along it? I'm good at geography but not great, don't know a ton about Africa.

It looks like you can see Calgary in the NA pic. Woulda liked to see a better shot of Canada though.

MrMastodonFarm · 12-06-2012, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Northendzone

cool pictures. interesting how little light there is in africa versus north america.

And you thought The Dark Continent was just to describe its people, you racist.

puffnstuff · 12-06-2012, 08:37 AM

The border between South and North Korea, such a huge contrast.

Nammer403 · 12-06-2012, 08:38 AM

Amazing

polak · 12-06-2012, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Daradon

Wonder while the Nile is so lit up. Guess a lot of big cities along it? I'm good at geography but not great, don't know a ton about Africa.

It looks like you can see Calgary in the NA pic. Woulda liked to see a better shot of Canada though.

There was another shot of Canada posted in the Funny and Cool Pic thread fyi.

It's crazy how much brighter the Edmonton area is compared to Calgary, despite us being the bigger CMA.

Edit: Here you go: http://eoimages2.gsfc.nasa.gov/image...a_night_8k.jpg

Muffins · 12-06-2012, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by polak

There was another shot of Canada posted in the Funny and Cool Pic thread fyi.

It's crazy how much brighter the Edmonton area is compared to Calgary, despite us being the bigger CMA.

Edit: Here you go: http://eoimages2.gsfc.nasa.gov/image...a_night_8k.jpg

It's a well known fact that mullets and sweat pants amplify the effect of street lights.

Coolest part about that pic is the tropical storm/hurricane near florida

Kavvy · 12-06-2012, 09:56 AM

I can't figure out why in the central United States, where the lights start thinning out, it almost looks like there are square miles by square miles of close to equally spaced lights in a grid.

rd_aaron · 12-06-2012, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Kavy

I can't figure out why in the central United States, where the lights start thinning out, it almost looks like there are square miles by square miles of close to equally spaced lights in a grid.

I'm curious about that as well.

undercoverbrother · 12-06-2012, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Muffins

It's a well known fact that mullets and sweat pants amplify the effect of street lights.

Coolest part about that pic is the tropical storm/hurricane near florida

you forgot about the reflection off the hood of a sweetly waxed and buffed Trans AM.

ken0042 · 12-06-2012, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by polak

It's crazy how much brighter the Edmonton area is compared to Calgary, despite us being the bigger CMA.

I find it even crazier that Fort Mac is brighter and bigger than either Calgary or Edmonton.

Leopold Stotch · 12-06-2012, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Daradon

Wonder while the Nile is so lit up. Guess a lot of big cities along it?

Check out the video, they are boats.

Rathji · 12-06-2012, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Kavy

I can't figure out why in the central United States, where the lights start thinning out, it almost looks like there are square miles by square miles of close to equally spaced lights in a grid.

When towns were founded, mostly before there were cars. You had a certain distance that could be traveled by horse in a day, about 20 miles I think, and after that you would need to rest. So towns started popping up at these intervals, since that is where the services were required.

You see this effect travelling south on the #2. Okotoks, High River, Nanton, Claresholm, Fort MacLeod are all evenly spaced, and it shows when you look at the light picture.

I imagine that in the central US, there was a lot more need to have north and south routes, as well as east and west routes, so that's why the 'grid' is apparent.

Kavvy · 12-06-2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Rathji

When towns were founded, mostly before there were cars. You had a certain distance that could be traveled by horse in a day, about 20 miles I think, and after that you would need to rest. So towns started popping up at these intervals, since that is where the services were required.

You see this effect travelling south on the #2. Okotoks, High River, Nanton, Claresholm, Fort MacLeod are all evenly spaced, and it shows when you look at the light picture.

I know I am a dork, but that is such a cool factoid

troutman · 12-06-2012, 10:35 AM

This is a hoax sheeple. The World is flat.

troutman · 12-06-2012, 10:36 AM

Why is there so much light in the Outback? What are they secretly building out there?

fredr123 · 12-06-2012, 10:57 AM

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Why is there so much light in the Outback? What are they secretly building out there?

Deathstar

Cowboy89 · 12-06-2012, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by troutman

Why is there so much light in the Outback? What are they secretly building out there?

Natural gas flaring? Take a look at North Dakota also.