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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."

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  1. BUS / tractor-trailer lights are higher than SUV's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Funny how you don't flame them, just the SUVs. Sounds like another ecobox driver jealous of the well-to-do. If people like you puting thenselves inside readily crushed plastic cars that are driving up auto insurance rates by making yourselves more vulnerable to injury.

  2. pathetic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Bitching about "light pollution" is so fucking pathetic.

    Yes let's shut down the whole fucking city so some amatuer astronomer can see a tiny red spec somewhere.

    ya thats a good idea.

  3. Re:I'm a pilot. Upshining light... IS GOOD. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You pilot small aircraft? I wonder when I'll be hearing about you in the news. You know ... you're going to be in one of those one paragraph news briefs on CNN about a single engine plane that crashed somewhere.

    Sunday-pilots like you are a threat. You don't have a clue how to really fly using your instruments - yet you go out and fly at night anyway. Navigating by ground source lighting ... how the hell did you get certified for nighttime flying? Do us all the favor and either, A) learn to fly like a professional, or B) stay the hell away from airplanes.

  4. Re:Gas stations by thopkins · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, make the gas stations dim their lights, which will lead to customers being able to drive off without paying more easily. This will raise gas prices for you, which won't make you happy.

  5. light pollution, another liberal myth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    there is nothing wrong with too much light.

    this "light pollution" is just a problem made up by do-gooders.

    fuck this shit.

  6. This is an outrage! by Giant+Hairy+Spider · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why, we should all stop using any and all outdoor lights immediately, to make things easier for astronomers living in densely-populated areas!

    Come to think of it, we should also tear up all the asphalt so geologists can get a better look at the ground.

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  7. Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    I just heard sad news on talk radio - Horror/fiction writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine house this morning. I'm sure we'll all miss him - even if you didn't read his books you've probably enjoyed one of his movies. Truly an American icon.