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Old August 12th 13, 12:10 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
PeterN[_4_]
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Default Nasa picture of Moscow

On 8/11/2013 9:55 PM, Robert Coe wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:07:57 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
: On Sunday, August 11, 2013 4:27:55 PM UTC-4, Sandman wrote:
: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/637319main_iss030e185327_full.jpg
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: Light pollution!

Sure, but Russia has a lot of empty space in which to site observatories. And
though Moscow looks pretty bright, the surrounding area doesn't look bad.
Compare it to, say, the Northeast Corridor or Hong Kong or Shanghai.


From the air, the Northeast Corridor looks almost like one giant city.


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