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Anybody knows why there is such a large area with light in nothern/central russia?
by JepZ 9y ago
Anybody knows why there is such a large area with light in nothern/central russia?
- dsjoerg 9y agoCame here to ask this. What the heck! Here it is: https://imgur.com/a/vXwqO https://imgur.com/a/vXwqO EDIT: Never mind, apparently it's oil and gas refineries! https://www.reddit.com/r/answers/comments/4x0v1e/why_is_there_so_much_light_pollution_in_northern/?st=jcwa6poj&sh=16c7073c https://www.reddit.com/r/answers/comments/4x0v1e/why_is_ther...
- akhatri_aus 9y agoThat's where the oil is as well as relatively cheap electricity. The area is quite developed for the purpose of extraction.
- cheschire 9y agoAnd the coast of Nigeria has some odd lights as well. edit: and in the middle of their national forest o_O
- maxxxxx 9y agoI was surprised by that too. It's huge. First I thought it's the Moscow area.
- mmmrtl 9y agoThis map must be a little out of date - North Dakota is now an explosion of light from natural gas venting in its oil fields: https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?p=geographic&l=Reference_Features,VIIRS_SNPP_DayNightBand_ENCC&t=2018-01-26&z=3&v=-107.37577281184144,42.67232469211013,-99.03495249934144,50.48580125461013 https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?p=geographic&l=Referen...
- AlfeG 9y agoThis is Ural - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_(region) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_(region) Metal heart of Russia. Industrial core of country.