On 21/09/2012 3:39 PM, nemesis wrote:
> or perhaps UK has an everlasting fog no doubt

Funnily enough we do have. But some breve people volunteer to gather it 
around themselves so that everyone else can see clearly. ;-)

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On 21/09/2012 3:53 PM, nemesis wrote:
> "Source: Wikipedia" LOL
>

Good enough for here. :-)

> Japan is second.  I guess you guys can forgive not seeing the stars but at least
> not being bothered by huge earthquakes, tsunamis and huge rubber monsters.

We had an earthquake last year and it rattled some tea cups, I'll have 
you know!

As for the huge rubber monsters, the least said about that the better. :-P

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Stephen wrote:
>
> I can imagine and if the photos turn out okay, post them. :-D
>

The view is way too wide to get one scene-showing picture, but last 
night as driving through I did take couple shots. The place is this: 
http://goo.gl/maps/DJ4L0 - looking from a map you can see ~600 meters 
forward during the day. I did have to have parking lights on while 
stopping, but I took the pics with manual mode and exactly same 
lightning parameters. Facing forward it's not actually totally black 
either, the motorway's (5 km away via straight line) light flood can be 
seen on the photo, even though it's not easy to realize with plain eyes 
(especially with the car lights on), but you can't see the same 600 
meters forward that you see on the day:
http://aero.1g.fi/kuvat/Misc/Dark_night/_DSC7734.JPG


straight line:
http://aero.1g.fi/kuvat/Misc/Dark_night/_DSC7733.JPG


~17 kilometers:
http://aero.1g.fi/kuvat/Misc/Dark_night/_DSC7735.JPG

And as extra, one long-exposure shot of the motorway:
http://aero.1g.fi/kuvat/Misc/Dark_night/_DSC7736.JPG

-Aero

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On 21-9-2012 15:32, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>> The UK is a small, densely-populated island.
>>
>> Well it is also the eight largest island in the world by area and the
>> third by population.
>
> OK, this bothers me. Since the planet is more than 50% water, surely
> *all* land masses are surrounded by water on all sides, and are
> technically "islands"...
Worse, all water is surrounded by land and are technically lakes.


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>> OK, this bothers me. Since the planet is more than 50% water, surely
>> *all* land masses are surrounded by water on all sides, and are
>> technically "islands"...

> Worse, all water is surrounded by land and are technically lakes.

No. That's my point; because there is [drastically] more than 50% water, 
it is the water that surrounds the land, not the other way around.

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On 22/09/2012 9:55 AM, Eero Ahonen wrote:
> The view is way too wide to get one scene-showing picture, but last
> night as driving through I did take couple shots.

Thanks for taking the time. Photographs can seldom do scenery justice 
IMO. But these give a good impression.
Although with the recent set of Scandinavian crime/thriller series 
broadcast on British TV. I would not be parking in remote dark lanes, 
myself. ;-)

One more bit of eye candy I saw when I was in Oz. The Sydney tower is 
illuminated at night and in the right season it attracts millions of 
moths which circle round it like a moth around a light. In turn these 
moths attract bats which feed on them. The effect was a cylinder of 
light rotating 300 metres in the air.


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Stephen wrote:
>
> Thanks for taking the time. Photographs can seldom do scenery justice
> IMO. But these give a good impression.

Yep. The effect is beautiful - you drive into almost total darkness, but 
can see light shining far away on both sides.

> Although with the recent set of Scandinavian crime/thriller series
> broadcast on British TV. I would not be parking in remote dark lanes,
> myself. ;-)

Hah :D. I guess mostly Swedish? So far I'm under impression that they've 
done more thrillers than other Scandinavian countries.

OTOH, there's nothing scary to park where I parked to take those pics, 
but I still won't leave the car with lights off at there even for a 
moment. There isn't a proper space to park so other drivers has to be 
able to see the car. On my own yard the feeling was much worse, 
something was certainly moving at the corner of my sauna. It wasn't a 
cat, because it didn't care when I stomped - so it was either something 
much smaller or something much bigger... The fact that I couldn't find 
it with a flashlight even though I still heard it makes sure it was 
something smaller - probably either a mouse or a frog. Or it wasn't alone.

> One more bit of eye candy I saw when I was in Oz. The Sydney tower is
> illuminated at night and in the right season it attracts millions of
> moths which circle round it like a moth around a light. In turn these
> moths attract bats which feed on them. The effect was a cylinder of
> light rotating 300 metres in the air.

That does sound absolutely stunning, like a slightly boosted natures own 
parade.

-Aero

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On 9/21/2012 7:53, nemesis wrote:
>  and huge rubber monsters.

They get rubber monsters. They just have a doctor to deal with the situation.

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On 22/09/2012 9:02 PM, Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for taking the time. Photographs can seldom do scenery justice
>> IMO. But these give a good impression.
>
> Yep. The effect is beautiful - you drive into almost total darkness, but
> can see light shining far away on both sides.
>

I can imagine it is a little bit distracting, though.

>> Although with the recent set of Scandinavian crime/thriller series
>> broadcast on British TV. I would not be parking in remote dark lanes,
>> myself. ;-)
>
> Hah :D. I guess mostly Swedish? So far I'm under impression that they've
> done more thrillers than other Scandinavian countries.

Yes Swedish and Danish I really liked Borgan.


>> One more bit of eye candy I saw when I was in Oz. The Sydney tower is
>> illuminated at night and in the right season it attracts millions of
>> moths which circle round it like a moth around a light. In turn these
>> moths attract bats which feed on them. The effect was a cylinder of
>> light rotating 300 metres in the air.
>
> That does sound absolutely stunning, like a slightly boosted natures own
> parade.
>

Yes, it lasted for about a week. IIRC



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