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I've been told that some national borders make it clear about the difference attitudes toward the environment. That is, one side of the border is filled with tr
by xhkkffbf 4y ago
I've been told that some national borders make it clear about the difference attitudes toward the environment. That is, one side of the border is filled with trees and the other is denuded by a population that doesn't think in the long term and simply trashed the environment.
That kind of difference might be visible through one of these telescopes, especially if the border is long.
- nickpinkston 4y agoYea that's a good point. The classic example is Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where the DR has trees on the border in contrast with often a bare landscape just on the other side. Though I've heard this is actually overstated.
- amself 4y agoYou can see it more clearly on the Israel-Egypt border
- mkl 4y agoI think that's just different sources of imagery with different lighting. At some zoom levels it's more or less apparent, and it's mostly the same desert on both sides: https://www.google.com/maps/@31.03477,34.3411577,15440m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@31.03477,34.3411577,15440m/data...
- anonAndOn 4y agoYou can see the national borders of DPRK from space at night.[0] [0] https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/26/282909885/north-koreas-still-in-the-dark-as-photos-from-space-show https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/26/282909885...
- bori5 4y agoNight sky must be great in NK!
- delecti 4y agoThere's also the less prominent East/West Berlin border which is still visible due to the different light bulbs used in the different format street lights. https://www.businessinsider.com/divide-between-west-east-berlin-from-space-today-2019-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/divide-between-west-east-ber...
- pantalaimon 4y agoWest Berlin still has gas light, slowly transitioning to LED.