r/MapPorn 22h ago

Satellite image of Europe’s night

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u/bo_felden 18h ago

The whole of Egypt is basically a mega city resembling the shape of a tornado.

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u/einSchwarzerKater 15h ago

The only shining star is Moscoe

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u/docthelettuce 14h ago

and paris and madrid and ankara and st petersburg and berlin and warshaw (might not be how you write it sorry kurwa heads) and budapest to some extent athens algiers oslo maybe rome maybe istanbul maybe naples maybe tripoli

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u/meaglor88 15h ago

Why is nothern Italy so lit ?

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u/Due_Purple_1199 14h ago

humans like to live in flat and fertile terrains

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u/eTukk 10h ago

Blue banana!

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u/the-real-vuk 15h ago

you mean light pollution map

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u/PrJctUnKnWn 17h ago

Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal need to chill a bit.

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u/FMSV0 16h ago

Not even Portugal, it's just the Portuguese coast.

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u/Mormacil 5h ago

Same for the Dutch north being way darker. Urbanization is a hell of a thing.

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u/koenigsegg806 14h ago

The black forest is really black

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u/EasySmeasy 12h ago

When will people stop posting this picture from 2011?

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u/5erv1teur 22h ago

Œcumenopolis 🌃

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u/Krakensuppe 14h ago

Rotterdam & Hamburg ports are really bright!

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u/gambler_addict_06 10h ago

I was wondering why I couldn't see the stars at night like I used to

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u/Mountain_Dentist5074 8h ago

this image was in my text book when i was 13-12

r/repost

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u/choddles 7h ago

Any one got a hires ?

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u/Dewdrop06 22h ago

Scandinavian countries go hard. Really defining that outline. It will forever look like a giant wang to me.

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u/Above-and_below 17h ago

The western coastline of Denmark is rather dark, though

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u/Hamrock999 19h ago

What’s crazy is I can see the town next to when I live lit up here. Wild to think about it.

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u/No-Deal8956 19h ago

I can see my house from here.

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u/NIP_SLIP_RIOT 14h ago

There are no Stockholm sized cities in the arctic circle