Australia @ Night: 2012

TheInformant · December 10th, 2012, 10:17 PM

Hey all, there has been a new set of satellite images of earth lights at night. Check it out, zoom in for more details for each Aussie or world city. Looks like there is a error in the lights, with much of the middle of Australia lit up, unless there is a huge huge huge rise in mining those lights cant be right.

https://earthbuilder.google.com/1044...424-4/mapview/

Giorgio · December 10th, 2012, 10:47 PM

Apparently the lights in central Oz are caused by bush fires.

mobus · December 11th, 2012, 04:03 AM

Oz and NZ almost look abandoned in comparison with the rest of the countries.

Mornnb · December 11th, 2012, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by mobus

Oz and NZ almost look abandoned in comparison with the rest of the countries.

Everyone here is living in big cities... our rural areas must be very boring.

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Originally Posted by Giorgio

Apparently the lights in central Oz are caused by bush fires.

I've heard the bright area in North Dakota is the oil industry, the oil sands. There's few people there but huge industrial operations. I wonder how much of the lights in WA is the mining boom and how much is bush fires.

The Collector · December 12th, 2012, 10:55 PM

You can easily work out where Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth are and I find that one can easily see the Nile River and Delta in Egypt as well.

Elle_Driver · December 13th, 2012, 11:39 AM

Why is WA so well lit? I'm not complaining, because it does look beautiful. Interesting, but depressing, if it is bush fire.

December 10th, 2012, 10:17 PM	#1
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December 13th, 2012, 11:39 AM	#6
Elle_Driver Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 25 Likes (Received): 0	Why is WA so well lit? I'm not complaining, because it does look beautiful. Interesting, but depressing, if it is bush fire.