Re: ATM OT-Light pollution: Incredible photo

[Dominic-Luc Webb molmed <Dominic.Luc-Webb@molmed.ki.se>]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Donovan Buck wrote:

>
> Apologies to the list. I know this is OT, but not many pictures make me
> spontaneously exclaim "holy ****", and I thought it might do the same for
> you. I can't decide if it's depressing or awe inspiring. Judge for yourself.
>
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg


This must be a deliberate attempt at disinformation on the part of the
Soviet Union. That, or the US is trying to be politically correct with
Russia. Note that the arctic region above Russia is pitch black. As if
someone had deliberately gone over it with a black marker. Indeed, they
must have. I have seen plenty of such (unmodified) night images both
relatively recent and older. They all show (by far) the brightest thing
on Earth (at night) to be the Russian oil fields in the arctic. Not even
New York or Tokyo come close. Come to think of it, the massive set of ocean
rigs west of Norway are missing too... Hmmm???? I think these are
doctored images. I can't imagine what kind of filter you could use to
filter out massive burning oil rigs larger than cities and leave behind
tiny little street lights. Anybody know how/why this was done? Seriously,
its really puzzling if it isn't doctored.



Cheers,



Dominic

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