<font><font face="times new roman,serif">Hi all</font></font><div><font><font face="times new roman,serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font><font face="times new roman,serif">I originally saw this on the Diigo Ed list (but no mention of this issue), but stumbled across it again on the ABC site:</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="times new roman,serif"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-12/explore-nasas-black-marble-earth-at-night/4423768">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-12/explore-nasas-black-marble-earth-at-night/4423768</a></font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="times new roman,serif">(</font></font><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;line-height:20px">Explore the Earth at night using this interactive version of new high-resolution satellite imagery from NASA.)</span></div>
<div><font><font face="times new roman,serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font><font face="times new roman,serif">Zoom in on the west of Australia and look at all the lights!</font></font></div><div><font><font face="times new roman,serif">Tick off the City Lights 2012 box and there's NOTHING there (we all know that!)</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="times new roman,serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font><font face="times new roman,serif">Any explanation for ALL those lights? Is it a data error (seems unlikely and not obvious in other continents that you expect to be "empty"). Mining??</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="times new roman,serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font><font face="times new roman,serif">It's nearly the last week so we ALL have LOTS of time to ponder this!</font></font></div><div><font><font face="times new roman,serif"><br clear="all">
</font></font><div><div dir="ltr">Regards<br><br>COLIN SUTTON</div></div><div dir="ltr">St Helena SC Term 4 contract</div><br>
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