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Earth at night map in Nov. National Geographic

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19 years 5 months ago #5787 by johnflannery
hi everyone,

two-sided wallchart in the November issue of National Geographic -- general map of the world and, on the reverse, a map of the Earth at night (see it and weep). Ireland looks a lot worse than I thought in terms of light pollution.

John

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19 years 5 months ago #5789 by albertw

hi everyone,

two-sided wallchart in the November issue of National Geographic -- general map of the world and, on the reverse, a map of the Earth at night (see it and weep). Ireland looks a lot worse than I thought in terms of light pollution.

John


And getting worse. Assuming that light pollution grows at the same rate for the next 25 years as it has for the previous, we will ned up going from:



to



Cheers,
~Al

Albert White MSc FRAS
Chairperson, International Dark Sky Association - Irish Section
www.darksky.ie/

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