Cool space picture.

[MDNick]

Sure glad I don't pay the light bill in Chicago, Detroit, NYC, and Boston. Wow

Neil, I am liking Oz even more. It is even darker there than in Alaska. The last I knew the stats there it was .5 persons/square mile. Any idea what Oz's population density is?

Nick

 

[njrqs]

Nick

I dunno about the density, although I do hear we aint too bright /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

No, we have now 20,000,000 so if someone finds out the land area, we can work it out quickly.

Hang on, just found a website. In 1994 it was 2.3 people per square kilometre. Which makes that nearly 6 people per square mile.

The website says this interesting comment :

<font color=blue>Australia is a large country with a small population. In 1994 we had a population density of 2.3 people per square kilometre; by comparison, the figure for Japan was 331 people per square kilometre, for the United Kingdom 238 and for France 106. Of the world’s developed countries, only Canada (2.9) and Iceland (2.6) have comparable population densities (Box 1).</font color=blue>

Doesn't list the US - Bummer


They tell me the best place in the world to view the stars at night is the Australian Outback, and from experience they can't be far wrong. It is truly magic /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

Cheers

 

[MDNick]

Neil,

As gleaned from 2 sites, one for population and one for area, the US population density (2001 numbers) is 28.9/km^2 or 74.8/mi^2.

Noteably higher than Oz.

Nick

 

[Hillbilly]

I loaded the picture as a desk top.

 

[Hillbilly]

I honestly think I can see the lights on Bob Trevithicks John Deere up there in the Northeast,and after all this time I thought it was the Northern Lights.
Bob are you there?/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[TerryinMD]

Scott F,

I received the text from a co-worker. I would image that it has been stripped from some website or another email. So original source is lost to the ether....

Hillbilly,

There have been other posts with tractors with lots of lights.... hmmm, I think most of them are on the East Coast as a matter of fact. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Terry

 

[MikePA]

<font color=blue>I think most of them are on the East Coast as a matter of fact.</font color=blue>

That just means everyone else is in the dark! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

WOW! Great picture, It makes me realize how great the USA is. If there are aliens out there they don't want to talk to us, because we sure are'nt hiding.

 

[Hillbilly]

I was not picking on Bob /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif,heck,the same thing could be set for mine.Look real close in WVa./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[njrqs]

Gee Nick

I think I'll stay here in that case !

Cheers