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EPOD image: Sodium light pollution

et — 1/13/2004 5:50:32 PM (archived)

http://epod.usra.edu/archive/epodviewer.php3?oid=171968

http://epod.usra.edu/archive/images/030319a_29.jpg

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EPOD image: Sodium light pollution - et - 1/13/2004 5:50:32 PM
- The fact that - in the same shot - you can see Taurus so clearly and beautifully... - alcaray - 1/13/2004 6:13:21 PM
  - The visible light spectrum is so narrow... - Larry J - 1/13/2004 7:17:36 PM
    - But the sodium transition is FAR narrower - R.L. - 1/14/2004 5:42:43 AM
      - re: But the sodium transition is FAR narrower - Larry J - 1/14/2004 2:50:29 PM
        
        re: But the sodium transition is FAR narrower - et - 1/14/2004 7:03:47 PM
    - It wouldn't work Larry. - et - 1/13/2004 7:30:01 PM
      - I'm not so certain of that - Larry J - 1/13/2004 8:10:18 PM
        
        speaking of flickering lights - Delbert - 1/13/2004 11:48:23 PM
      - Actually... - R.L. - 1/13/2004 8:08:03 PM
  - Notice the light is in a cone directed at the ground. - et - 1/13/2004 6:39:33 PM

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