Global Light Pollution Map

[Peje]

Apologies if this has been shared before, I did search but couldn't find it.

It's a website a friend shared with me that overlays a light pollution map on top of the usual Google Maps so you can search for your area. Not huge resolution but I found it very useful.

http://www.youcanseethemilkyway.com/light-pollution/

[martin_veasey]

Thanks for sharing the map - I hadn't seen it before. I'm in a fairly small bit of black but not much room to spare!

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[DeepSkyBagger]

Looks like Greenland or Kazakhstan are the nearest places to go!

[Dave Lloyd]

Truly horrible!

[RT65CB-SWL]

Just seen my area of the Thames Valley...

"Yuck!"

[DaveS]

Same as this one:

http://www.blue-marble.de/nightlights/2012

Had it on my favourits bar for yonks, and yes, it is pretty horrible 

[Peje]

Truly horrible!

The map or your area?

[RWB]

The map or your area?

Both !!! mind you I would love to have that much moey to waste       

[Night Hawk]

Most of the England looks light polluted unless you live in the lake district or are in Wales/Scotland.

[Peje]

Both !!! mind you I would love to have that much moey to waste

The money? Electricity?

[JamesF]

Just seen my area of the Thames Valley...

"Yuck!"

We used to live in Sindlesham.  You're not wrong

James

[JamesF]

Most of the England looks light polluted unless you live in the lake district or are in Wales/Scotland.

Exmoor, Dartmoor and Bodmin aren't too bad at all, though Dartmoor and Bodmin are done no favours by the likes of Plymouth.

James

[Kai]

Exmoor, Dartmoor and Bodmin aren't too bad at all, though Dartmoor and Bodmin are done no favours by the likes of Plymouth.

James

The Okehampton side of Dartmoor is better , lights off at midnight and not the population density

[Dave Lloyd]

The map or your area?

Not too bad where I am unless there's a lot of moisture in the air but the cities (Chester, Liverpool) to the east cast a glow.

[niallk]

Nice one

I'm reasonably fortunate where I live - amazing to be able to pick out each village in Cork.

I guess not many large dobs are sold in Belgium...!

[andrew65]

I'm not far from Cardiff looks hideous on that map

[robbie c]

That looks horrendous! 

At lest we still have some dark places, just take a look at Belgium it looks as if the entire country suffers from LP 

[davefrance]

For once I'm in the black, wish the bank balance was as good.

[Johannes]

Hi all North Korea looks promising. john

[pipnina]

Unfortunately, this map fails to take into account that light pollutions travels further than the spot each polluting light is underneath.

For example, Las vegas' LP is still visible from the grand canyon national park... 250KM away! (It's not awful, mind, milky way is still horizon to horizon... Unlike anywhere near where I live)

I think things would be much better for us if we lived on the moon. None of that pesky atmosphere getting in the way. Although EPs would need a lot more eye relief...

[sharkmelley]

A very nicely executed map.  I wonder what year the data was recorded?

Mark

[Peje]

A very nicely executed map.  I wonder what year the data was recorded?

 

Mark

Interesting thought, perhaps the info is somewhere else on the site

[hjw]

I actually prefer this site:

http://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=2&lat=5425947.59256&lon=9784214.48623&layers=0BTFFFTT

And I guess I am one of the luckier ones...

[webtubbs]

I'm not sure how accurate it is. It's telling me there are an awful lot of lights in central Australia - with seemingly bigger signatures that Sydney!

[sharkmelley]

I'm not sure how accurate it is. It's telling me there are an awful lot of lights in central Australia - with seemingly bigger signatures that Sydney!

Bush fires.

Explanation from NASA here:  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/news/aus-fires.html

The data was acquired over "nine days in April 2012 and 13 days in October 2012"

Mark