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Re: APOD: The New World Atlas of Artificial... (2016 Jun 30)

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 5:04 pm
by BMAONE23
They should tar to make use of that useless gas to produce electricity

Re: APOD: The New World Atlas of Artificial... (2016 Jun 30)

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 5:34 pm
by DavidLeodis
What please is ISTIL as that link in the credit is dead in the 2 browsers that I've tried?

The "visual appearance" link in the explanation brought up information due September 2016! Wow, a peek into the future! :wink:

Re: APOD: The New World Atlas of Artificial... (2016 Jun 30)

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 6:50 pm
by bystander
DavidLeodis wrote:What please is ISTIL as that link in the credit is dead in the 2 browsers that I've tried?
What does ISTIL stand for?
ISTIL stands for Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dell'Inquinamento Luminoso (Italian: Light Pollution Science and Technology Institute)


Try simplifying the link to just http://www.istil.it/

Re: APOD: The New World Atlas of Artificial... (2016 Jun 30)

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 7:09 pm
by DavidLeodis
bystander wrote:
DavidLeodis wrote:What please is ISTIL as that link in the credit is dead in the 2 browsers that I've tried?
What does ISTIL stand for?
ISTIL stands for Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dell'Inquinamento Luminoso (Italian: Light Pollution Science and Technology Institute)


Try simplifying the link to just http://www.istil.it/
Thank you for your help bystander :).

Re: APOD: The New World Atlas of Artificial... (2016 Jun 30)

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:20 am
by khearn
Well, I see that North Korea still has pretty good night skies. Maybe that's been their plan all along?

Re: APOD: The New World Atlas of Artificial... (2016 Jun 30)

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:25 pm
by tmulcahy
'Tis really sad that we've mostly lost the nightly experience of seeing a sky covered in suns and constellations and galaxies and ancient light from astronomical events.