Re: ATM OT-Light pollution: Incredible photo

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

On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, B. Pepin wrote:

> The one sensational picture posted was a single image placed on the
> Astronomy Picture of the Day Website. Unfortunately areas that were
> cloud-covered during the image run necessarily appear dark or blacked out.


You sound like someone who knows what he's talking about and its
nice to hear from you. Because I have friends working on those
rigs (Russian and Norwegian rigs) I happen to know that they are
burning oil 24 hours a day to prevent explosions. There are no
darkouts unless something serious happens. Also, the flames/heat
rise up pretty high. Are you saying the clouds can obscure these
phenomenally bright object but do not obscure drammatically
smaller light sources from small towns?

I am asking because I am suspecting there might be some filtering
trick that some of us ATMs might be able to exploit.


Cheers,



Dominic

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