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Atlas of Worldwide Light Pollution

Posted by michael on from the deepness-of-the-sky dept.

mgarraha writes: "Researchers at the University of Padua and NOAA have analyzed DMSP data to produce a new atlas of night sky brightness due to artificial lighting. Previous maps only showed the distribution of light sources. Their paper will appear in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Here is an AP article."

6 of 234 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Middle east censored? by Chagrin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Canada has been excluded from the world, and you're worried about the Middle East and parts of Africa?

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  2. canada? by slave · · Score: 2, Funny

    Northern Canada is so dark that the researchers forgot it existed.

  3. Conspiracies - da-da-DUM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The Falklands and Kashmir/Punjab are really bugging me out. There shouldn't be that much light there. In the Falklands the British might be up to something ( or did Argentina ever get that back? ) And god knows what might be going on in Kashmir and Punjab that we don't want to know about.

  4. OK, OK, OK! by Mononoke · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'll take my damn christmas lights down!

    You didn't have to go to so much trouble just to nag me.

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  5. Re:Falkland Islands by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think they wrap the sheep in aluminum foil (shiny side out) to keep them fresh.

  6. Re:compare light to population by mimbleton · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, we have no choice then but try to become like Inda, China or Indonesia.
    You start first by giving up your computer and your car.