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I love looking at sites like this. My favorite is: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info https://www.lightpollutionmap.info One thing I've always been curious ab
by look_lookatme 9y ago
I love looking at sites like this. My favorite is:
https://www.lightpollutionmap.info https://www.lightpollutionmap.info
One thing I've always been curious about is there are 3 points of brightness off the coast of Newfoundland. Does anyone know what they are?
https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=6&lat=5811787&lon=-5227188&layers=0BFFFTFFFF https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=6&lat=5811787&lon=-...
- cordite 9y agoThis is the one my astronomer friend recommends.
- abirkill 9y agoFrom the location of those light sources, I suspect they are from drilling rigs extracting oil from several large oil fields around the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. There's a map of the largest fields in this article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/husky-west-white-rose-1.4135594 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/husky-we...