What is fascinating to me about this is the regions including [1] in North Dakota or [2] in northern Russia (~300 km southwest of Norilsk) that have incredibly

What is fascinating to me about this is the regions including [1] in North Dakota or [2] in northern Russia (~300 km southwest of Norilsk) that have incredibly large and bright zones of light pollution -- more than many large cities -- almost entirely disconnected from population, apparently as a result of temporary natural gas extraction infrastructure. The pollution at [1] is larger/brighter than Denver, and [2] is about equivalent to Moscow! [1] https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=7.67&lat=47.9667&lon=-103.0474&layers=B0FFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFF https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=7.67&lat=47.9667&lo... [2] https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=7.43&lat=67.7473&lon=83.8603&layers=B0FFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFF https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=7.43&lat=67.7473&lo...