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One interesting place is down the south of Argentina, off the east coast. Although there is no land there, there is the (almost spiral) pattern of lights in the
by pserwylo 14y ago
One interesting place is down the south of Argentina, off the east coast. Although there is no land there, there is the (almost spiral) pattern of lights in the ocean. They seem about as bright as Melbourne, and more expansive.
I was told once that these are fishermen, who tend to congregate in one area at night time. I'm not sure if it is for social reasons, or business reasons, or something else.
- stevenrace 14y agoWhile perhaps some are offshore oil rigs [1] - many are arrays of lights used to attract bait fish, phytoplankton, and squid [2] in order to increase commercial fishing yields. [1] http://blogs.airspacemag.com/pettit/2012/03/mar-del-fuego/ http://blogs.airspacemag.com/pettit/2012/03/mar-del-fuego/ [2] http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2009/09/29/squids-and-light-pollution/ http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2009/09/29/squids-an...
- pserwylo 14y agoAhh, thank you for the links. They are some cool pictures from space, that really show how bright the oil rigs are. I can take solice in the fact I was about 1/8th right about the fishermen :)