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[–]DetlefKroeze 713 points714 points  (71 children)

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It's actually a map of twitter and flickr locations, not a map of Europe by night.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/5912946760/in/set-72157627140310742

[–]prezident_camacho 252 points253 points  (25 children)

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This makes a lot more sense. There's no reason for so many lights in places like the Alps or rural Crete but there's probably plenty of pics on flickr.

[–]amolad 26 points27 points  (9 children)

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Well, nobody is twittering or flickring in Africa, it seems.

[–]prezident_camacho 21 points22 points  (3 children)

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Know anyone who has vacationed in Algeria or Libya recently?

[–]Pvt_Lee_Fapping 9 points10 points  (1 child)

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Depends. Is it a vacation if you come back?

[–]apul_madeekaud 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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Its also not a vacation if you're in an F22 the whole time.

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    [–]brocahantas 8 points9 points  (1 child)

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    Or eatering

    sorry

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      [–]flatcoke 14 points15 points  (0 children)

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      I was baffled by exactly this, went to google the population density in the Alps for half an hour, only to find this in the comment =(

      [–]uzsbadgrmmronpurpose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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      that was my first thought: the alps seem pretty bright...

      [–]bricardo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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      but there's probably plenty of pics on flickr

      I believe they do have a few pictures on that site.

      [–]AngryCod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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      Not to mention the inexplicably bright lights all over the ocean.

      [–]table3 2 points3 points  (6 children)

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      Yeah, and check out Iceland.

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        [–]SevenLight 63 points64 points  (20 children)

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        Yeah, here is more likely image of Europe at night. Still pretty cool, I think.

        [–]surfnaked 24 points25 points  (18 children)

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        Oh Scandinavia, dat outline. Cannot unsee.

        [–]God_of_Internet_Land 11 points12 points  (3 children)

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        On Euro coins, there's a map of all the countries in the European Union. Non-EU countries aren't shown, and Norway isn't in the EU. So there is quite literally a picture of a massive cock hanging over Europe on the back of every Euro.

        [–]Sounds_Logical 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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        D: I always thought it looked like a goat head... but now...

        [–]Allydarvel 1 point2 points  (5 children)

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        They actually minted a coin which was much worse..mapmakers usually change an aspect so that they can recognise their own maps to stop theft. They one the EU got for the coins had a Scandinavia that had been made to look..different

        Heh, found it http://lolpics.se/pics/8715.jpg

        [–]ComusLoM 11 points12 points  (0 children)

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        This is due to Norway not being a part of the EU, note that only EU countries are represented on this coin.

        [–]Frostiken 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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        That isn't because of 'personal flair', that would be because Norway isn't a member of the EU. I think they just added Norway later to stop it from being clearly someone's junk on a coin.

        Notice the hole in the middle between the E and the U where Switzerland should be?

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          [–]_theophilus_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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          I can see my humourously tiny university town on this map. because it's in the middle of nowhere!

          [–]CompleteNumpty 19 points20 points  (2 children)

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          I did wonder why the Highlands of Scotland seemed so busy.

          [–]wedontneedyourpuppy 19 points20 points  (5 children)

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          TIL. The Dutch have nothing better to do.

          [–]ELSaGra 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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          Or it's the most people per square kilometre.

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            [–]erdemcan 20 points21 points  (7 children)

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            yeah, you would think england is just a single city looking at this picture

            [–]rijmij99 12 points13 points  (4 children)

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            Well Americans seem to think.... oh I can't be bothered

            [–]Holbac 36 points37 points  (2 children)

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            American here. We can't all be bothered to know stuff like who the mayor of Europe is

            [–]IlikeJG 10 points11 points  (1 child)

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            WTF? Why can't they just have a Governor like regular States?

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                [–]redrhyski 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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                Yeah that's more logical. I was trying to to figure out why so few of the oil and gas platforms in the North Sea were lit up. Then you say it's Twitter and it makes more sense.

                [–]timothysmonster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                I was a little baffled by the amount of light in the mountainous Sogn og Fjordane(Western Norway), so this makes sense. Tourists take a lot of pictures of the mountains, valleys, fjords and the coastline.

                [–]timmeh42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                Figured something was up when I realised that orange and blue lights shouldn't be that popular as lighting options.

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                  [–]i_drah_zua 43 points44 points  (18 children)

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                  Something's fishy here.
                  The alps are certainly not brightly lit in the night, like in this picture.

                  It looks like this.

                  [–]Salz_ 6 points7 points  (14 children)

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                  why do England and the Netherlands appear so much brighter?

                  [–]Jimbob2134 19 points20 points  (0 children)

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                  We have higher population densities than a lot of other european countries.

                  [–]i_drah_zua 13 points14 points  (9 children)

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                  The Dutch have lights everywhere on their highways.

                  In the south, London is a very big city, and has quite the suburbs and satellite cities.
                  What's going on in middle England I cannot tell, I don't think Manchester is that big.
                  but if you look at the demographic map you can see that there is an area of high population density.

                  Maybe someone from Great Britain can explain?

                  [–]MrCodeSmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                  Manchester and Liverpool merge in to one great blob on that map due to the satellite towns between them.

                  Slightly south of that you can just about make out Stoke and south of that is Birmingham, there are also quite a few towns/cities surrounding Brum that are hard to distinguish. (Wolves, Walsall, Lichfield, Tamworth)

                  Leeds -> Sheffield -> Nottingham forms quite a visible strip

                  England really is quite close together and the majority of our towns/major highways are lit.

                  [–]BourgeoisBanana 2 points3 points  (1 child)

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                  Brit here. You're never more than half an hour from civilisation in England, we're quite a densely populated country.

                  [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                  Glasgow is more than 1 hour's drive from the English border

                  tfw not part of civilisation

                  [–]flobin 3 points4 points  (2 children)

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                  The Dutch have lights everywhere on their highways.

                  No, that’s the Belgians.

                  [–]DoiF 2 points3 points  (1 child)

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                  No, that's us. The Dutch.

                  [–]LJForest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                  we're a pretty densely populated country, Especially in the Midlands. Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester and Derby which are all decently sized citys are only a few miles apart from each other.

                  [–]wggn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                  Dutchie here. Plenty of highways without lights still. But there's towns everywhere, often just a few km from each other. And most towns have their own brightly lit sports fields. There's also a ton of greenhouses around.

                  Closeup of the southwest side of NL, and northwest side of belgium by Andre Kuipers from the ISS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_andre/6769497883/

                  The brightest spots are the greenhouses.

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                    [–]basvdo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                    It's not lighting, but Twitter and Flickr activity. Both countries appear to have much of it, probably because of higher Internet connectivity and population density than other countries.

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                        [–]jaibrooks1 145 points146 points  (88 children)

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                        Earth at night

                        [–]AlbrechtVonRoon 83 points84 points  (28 children)

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                        Dat Nile!

                        [–]studmuffffffin 39 points40 points  (22 children)

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                        There's a lot of cool stuff here. The nile, korea, how empty australia is, the himalayas, the tiny little dots in africa, a bunch of lights in the middle of nowhere in Russia. With seemingly the same light density as southern India.

                        [–]Bluenosedcoop 34 points35 points  (8 children)

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                        It really is hard to grasp just how empty Australia is till you actually get there and take a drive through some of the more isolated roads, I was in aus for 6 months doing some work and visiting family.

                        One job me and a friend had was to deliver some goods to a mining town called Newman in the middle of nowhere, We had to take a near 1400km drive from Perth and it really is amazing that at times you can travel 100s of km and not see one building or person at all, I knew it was empty before i went to aus but you don't truly realise it till you see it in person.

                        Also the lights in the middle of nowhere in Russia is due to Russias largest gas/oil fields.

                        [–]king_walnut 9 points10 points  (4 children)

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                        So there aren't any fuel stops or diners or anything along the massive roads? My car has a range of 400 miles, does that mean I wouldn't be able to drive it across Australia?

                        [–]Spenk009 14 points15 points  (0 children)

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                        You either take extra tanks along or you stick to your most efficient speed (highest gear at low revs). Also, he said 60s of miles (100s of kms), so your 400 mile range could be split up in two or three fillups on the 872,2 mile trip.

                        [–]Bluenosedcoop 9 points10 points  (1 child)

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                        Every couple of hundred kms yeah there is but in between just nothingness.

                        Just go on Gmaps and look at some of the roads and follow them, You will see how empty, Like the Great Northern Highway, Theres even points where the gmaps car has stopped.

                        [–]MisterHousey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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                        Correct.

                        [–]anti_queue 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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                        Doesn't matter how often you do a long cross-country trip it's mandatory at some point to turn to your passenger and slowly say "It's a big country mate."

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                          [–]AlbrechtVonRoon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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                          True, also, look at Spain and Portugal. Portugal seems to have quite a bit of light going on, whereas with Spain it mostly centres on Madrid

                          [–]curvedbanana 5 points6 points  (3 children)

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                          I am wondering what all that light is in west of Australia? There are no cities there. Mining possibly?

                          [–]studmuffffffin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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                          It has to be. There are literally only two cities in that entire area.

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                            [–]CaptainBeBop 1 point2 points  (5 children)

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                            Those are wild fires in the west interior of Australia.

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                              [–]awstin[🍰] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

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                              Dat Chicago

                              [–]sofa_king_awesome 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                              woop woop

                              [–]csbsju_guyyy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                              Be strong, little Nile sperm

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                                [–]Mikes_Protege 12 points13 points  (8 children)

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                                Some surprises:

                                Very top of Alaska is a line of light. Nigeria coast? Area around New Dehli (toward Nepal?) Nile, as referenced already. Very dense.

                                [–]Bluenosedcoop 13 points14 points  (6 children)

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                                That is the Nigerian coast and it is so bright due to the oil industry that exists all along Nigerian coast, It's one of the larger producers of petroleum in the world.

                                Also the lights in Alaska are for the same reason oil.

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                                  [–]MrGulio 4 points5 points  (3 children)

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                                  The thing that always gets me about these pictures is how much a disparity between North and South Korea there is. Another image.

                                  [–]hatcrab 8 points9 points  (1 child)

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                                  They sure have well lit borders

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                                    [–]5k3k73k 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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                                    We look like a spreading infection.

                                    [–]overusedoxymoron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                                    This picture is several years old. I wonder what an up-to-date picture would look like. About the same? More density?

                                    [–]respect_cat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                                    India at night during Dwalli

                                    [–]WATTHEBALL 7 points8 points  (17 children)

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                                    Why is there so much activity in Russia? Like I thought that vast remote part of Russia was pretty much baron?

                                    [–]enbeez 42 points43 points  (0 children)

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                                    Nah, Russia got rid of its nobility in 1917.

                                    [–]underamour100 4 points5 points  (5 children)

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                                    What do you see of Russia here besides St Petersburg? (Ok Kaliningrad and couple of other swaths, too).

                                    Edit: ah, stupid me, was talking about the European map. I saw the comments in a different order. Russian lights are not at remote as you might think if you compare to a flat political map.

                                    [–]Atheist101 6 points7 points  (2 children)

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                                    The two biggest circles in Russia are Moscow and St. Petersburg but I think he was talking about the scattered lights across the Siberian Tundra

                                    [–]WATTHEBALL 3 points4 points  (1 child)

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                                    This is what I was talking about, thanks.

                                    [–]EatSleepJeep 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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                                    The bright concentration of light due north of India are the Samotlor Oil Fields and the gas fields of Yamalia. Further north and west is more production fields in Nenetsia.

                                    The rough east-west line from Moscow is the Trans Siberian Railway.

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                                      [–]Dwotci 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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                                      The two large groups of bright lights in Siberia are oil fields, cities are concentrated in Western Russia and (in Siberia) along the southern border.

                                      [–]Bluenosedcoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                      I think the mass of lights in central/north Russia (directly north of India) is due to the large oil/gas industry up there.

                                      [–]Teckel22[S] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

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                                      I don't know but maybe the light is coming from oil/gas fields?

                                      [–]Bluenosedcoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                      It is Russia largest gas field.

                                      [–]jez02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                      There are some pretty big cities out east in Russia, yo. Lots of smaller ones too. Novosibirsk, Omsk and you name it.

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                                        [–]krylovrun 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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                                        Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne are easy to make out.

                                        [–]anonim1230 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                        Interactive version

                                        [–]DeepRoast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                        Man Russia is HUGE

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                                          [–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (11 children)

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                                          You English are really packed in there.

                                          [–]nich959 11 points12 points  (5 children)

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                                          You know whats funny, there is still masses of green fields and farmland without any building even in the southeast were the light is most prominent.

                                          [–]catjellycat 6 points7 points  (2 children)

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                                          I live in London and I was just thinking the other day about how far I'd have to go* to be actually alone. It's a rare thing. There is a shit ton of us in not very much space. Yet as someone else said, there's still a lot of open space. I went to a Kent county park on a Monday morning the other week and at the top of the North Downs it was just me and the husband.

                                          *obviously not 'far' in any 'I live in a country which has different time zones' kind of way but far in a British kind of way (e.g anything over 45 minutes on a motorway)

                                          [–]AnticitizenPrime 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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                                          I just got back last week from a three-week trip to the UK. I rented a car and drove from London to Dover, then west to Cornwall, then Cardiff, up through Wales, then east to Edinburgh, up to Aberdeen, west again through the whiskey trail, and went camping for a few days in Glencoe (where I didn't see another human for over a day), then flew out of Glasgow.

                                          I was really surprised to see how much green, open land there was in a place so populated. Everyone in Glasgow is stacked on top of each other in huge tenement buildings and then farmland begins right outside the city. In America all those people would be in suburbs stretching out for miles.

                                          [–]Blackspur 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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                                          I think we are like 50 ish on the most densely populated countries. Which is pretty dense considering 99% of the countries before that are incredibly small islands. I think that number also accounts for Wales and Scotland as well so if you were to discount those to areas of land it is within the top 10 I think.

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                                            [–]awstin[🍰] 12 points13 points  (1 child)

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                                            cut Ireland right out. fuckers

                                            [–]thedanyon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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                                            Came here to say this. Feckers.

                                            [–]satanismyhomeboy 133 points134 points  (45 children)

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                                            As you can see, us Dutch are a bright people.

                                            [–]PlasmaBurnz 66 points67 points  (15 children)

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                                            Either that or they are scared of the dark.

                                            [–]pistoncivic 46 points47 points  (4 children)

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                                            I didn't think Holland had many of them.

                                            BTW: you are a racist

                                            [–]PlasmaBurnz 5 points6 points  (3 children)

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                                            Does that mean I get a cookie?

                                            [–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (2 children)

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                                            a black one.

                                            [–]DisparityByDesign 5 points6 points  (1 child)

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                                            Double chocolate chip.

                                            [–]PointAndClick 15 points16 points  (2 children)

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                                            Oh please not the whole ZP discussion again.

                                            [–]Atheist_Smurf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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                                            Don't forget what the celebration of St. Nicolas is truly about: http://imgur.com/L7wUZej

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                                              [–]Lord-Wellington 0 points1 point  (7 children)

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                                              britain can best you on that

                                              [–]Crusader1089 8 points9 points  (6 children)

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                                              But not Scotland, the North-West or Wales.

                                              This amuses me.

                                              [–]FelixR1991 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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                                              Technology can't reach Scotland.

                                              [–]Robbiethemute 2 points3 points  (2 children)

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                                              People don't tend to live in mountain ranges.

                                              [–]Crusader1089 3 points4 points  (1 child)

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                                              I know. It's a joke.

                                              [–]Robbiethemute 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                                              It's hard to tell sometimes. I'm too serious.

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                                                [–]ChekhovsRPG 1 point2 points  (14 children)

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                                                I was wondering about that. The many greenhouses lit at night might be a reason. Or maybe the streetlights along the highways? I guess the different wavelenghts of the lighting might also be a factor in the perceived greater brightness compared to its neighbours.

                                                [–]7zark77 14 points15 points  (2 children)

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                                                The whole pic is fake - there are far too many lights in areas which are really quite remote, such as mountain ranges in Scotland, France, Spain, Italy etc.

                                                [–]Muffer-Nl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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                                                It's a map of Flicker and Twitter locations. The Netherlands is the country that is the most active on Twitter so it seems very reasonable.

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                                                  [–]Teckel22[S] 7 points8 points  (8 children)

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                                                  Definitely the Greenhouses in the Westland area.

                                                  picture from ISS where you can see it clearly

                                                  [–]FelixR1991 4 points5 points  (5 children)

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                                                  I'm from the Westland. AMA.

                                                  [–]Xenu_RulerofUniverse 3 points4 points  (4 children)

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                                                  East or West Westland?

                                                  [–]FelixR1991 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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                                                  North West Westland

                                                  [–]Krassos 1 point2 points  (2 children)

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                                                  This may sound funny but in Germany we have Westphalia (Westfalen) and Eastwestphalia (Ostwestfalen). But there is no Phalia and also no Eastphalia.

                                                  [–]I_AM_A_IDIOT_AMA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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                                                  Dat Hague :O

                                                  [–]christobah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                  Those are balls.

                                                  [–]I_AM_A_IDIOT_AMA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                  It's pretty much a combination of population density, greenhouses and street lighting, as you said. It gets so bright there at night that on a cloudy night in Holland (the province), the sky is orange from dusk til dawn.

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                                                    [–]artsist 1 point2 points  (2 children)

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                                                    Gotta do SOMETHING with the power from all those windmills!

                                                    [–]error_try_again 0 points1 point  (1 child)

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                                                    Yes. That's how we make our cheese. And tulips.

                                                    [–]Geekmonster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                    It's the redlights that i like.

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                                                      [–]Kordenza 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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                                                      I live in Scotland, i know there isn't that many street lights up the mountains. this is shopped.

                                                      [–]HugeRedBear 12 points13 points  (2 children)

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                                                      Wow look how dark Africa is!

                                                      [–]Ipeunipig 13 points14 points  (0 children)

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                                                      dark

                                                      [–]I_AM_A_IDIOT_AMA 41 points42 points  (38 children)

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                                                      Highway lighting, highway lighting everywhere. For example, Belgium really takes highway lights seriously.

                                                      [–]s3rious_simon 16 points17 points  (24 children)

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                                                      germany and france don't.

                                                      lights on highways seems to be a belgium thing.

                                                      [–][deleted] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

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                                                      Germans just mounted lights on their cars....

                                                      [–]lodvib 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                      Norway also has lit highways

                                                      [–]Elessar20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                      As a German guy I was amazed by the amount of light Belgium used on their highways. I guess it's because they don't have that many miles to light up like Germany does because all we got is our carlight. :P

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                                                        [–]-Converge- 7 points8 points  (1 child)

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                                                        They always told us it was because to use up the excess power from our nuclear power plant, supposedly our country is just to small for the amount of power generated..

                                                        [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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                                                        That is true, yet the past few months I noticed that they turn off the lights at night between intersections and exits, unless it's bad weather.

                                                        You sometimes hear it on Radio1 during the traffic reports. They mention that the lights have been turned on on advice of "wegen en verkeer".

                                                        [–]672 7 points8 points  (7 children)

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                                                        The reason Belgium is so lit up is probably also due to our high population density.

                                                        [–]MrCornholio 4 points5 points  (6 children)

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                                                        I would say the population density in the Ruhr Area is much higher than in Beglgium.

                                                        Wikipedia says it is: 1.158 per km² in the Ruhr Area compared to 362 per km² in Belgium.

                                                        I´m really surprised the Ruhr Area isn´t the brightest spot.

                                                        [–]Spenk009 1 point2 points  (2 children)

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                                                        When you go there, you understand why it isn't...

                                                        [–]MrCornholio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                                                        I don´t need to go there... I live there ;)

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                                                          [–]LaM3a 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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                                                          But you can't compare a country to a region (Belgium is 7 times bigger than the Ruhr).

                                                          Compare it to the Flemish Diamond (800 hab per km²) and it'll make more sense.

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                                                              [–]newskit 29 points30 points  (9 children)

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                                                              Compare it to the Korean Peninsula.

                                                              [–]CayucosKid 32 points33 points  (6 children)

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                                                              You have been banned from r/pyongyang.

                                                              [–]I_AM_A_IDIOT_AMA 53 points54 points  (1 child)

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                                                              For pointing out how gloriously efficient North Korea has been at eliminating night-time light pollution? I bet South Koreans can't even see half the stars at night the North Koreans do!

                                                              [–]SirTojo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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                                                              Wow, you just gave me the best idea ever!

                                                              [–]studmuffffffin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                              Haven't seen this one in a while. It was all the rage when north korea was threatening us like a year ago.

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                                                                  [–]Kappoose 31 points32 points  (7 children)

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                                                                  If you would have a picture like this from above Berlin, you could easily see where the wall used to be from the color of light bulbs.

                                                                  [–]angel_lust 46 points47 points  (6 children)

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                                                                  Yep.

                                                                  [–]nragano 9 points10 points  (5 children)

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                                                                  wow, why is it like this?

                                                                  [–]Charliiiiie 15 points16 points  (3 children)

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                                                                  It seems that the street lamps are not the same in the west and in the east of Berlin. They work on gas in the west, and on electricity in the east, thus creating a different color. See this thread.

                                                                  [–]Spenk009 7 points8 points  (1 child)

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                                                                  Other way around: gas -> east, electricity -> west

                                                                  [–]Charliiiiie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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                                                                  Indeed, it seems more logical.

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                                                                    [–]CalvinDehaze 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    Governments pay people to buy and install light bulbs on street lamps. When an area was once ruled by two completely different governments, you get two completely different light bulbs.

                                                                    [–]Bird_Flu_Sandwich 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    I call bullshit. There is no way you can clearly see Rhodes from space at night.

                                                                    [–]shaun3y 6 points7 points  (1 child)

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                                                                    As someone from the UK, i think that picture is slightly exaggerated. Driving through the south country-side the other day (about 100 miles) I had my fog lights on about 80% of the time because it was so dark...

                                                                    Cool pic though =)

                                                                    [–]30abc3f4 9 points10 points  (2 children)

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                                                                    Poor Portugal :(

                                                                    [–]Yunired 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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                                                                    Here you go. The full picture!

                                                                    [–]Skinnj 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    Why are the alps so bright?

                                                                    [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    Very interesting! Can anyone explain why the area around Britain-Netherlands is so active? I've heard that many Dutch ports (like Rotterdam) are the 'gateways to Europe', but can anyone explain why that area in particular?

                                                                    [–]The8utler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    I can see my house

                                                                    [–]onfire9123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    Thank you, Creative Assembly. Because of you, I know the geography of this picture.

                                                                    [–]sKz11 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    I guess the other half of Portugal doesnt count eh

                                                                    [–]zjm555 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    Dem Netherlands is straight bumpin' yo.

                                                                    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

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                                                                    Bullshit.

                                                                    [–]DroxxTheFox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    I can see my house from here!

                                                                    [–]zeimbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    I get to see this every time I play Call of Duty..

                                                                    [–]midity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    lol Africa

                                                                    [–]onlinebiteage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    Dat light pollution

                                                                    [–]Goldenape 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    This is why I can't see te stars well with my telescope thanks light pollution

                                                                    [–]maz-o 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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                                                                    why are there so many fucking lights in belgium and holland?

                                                                    [–]sandwich015 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    The Netherlands really light some shit up down there.

                                                                    [–]Dayzerty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    GO BELGIUM!

                                                                    [–]icetan498 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    its a shame it will all go to waste with all the africans and muslims they keep importing in on purpose to destabilize the economies and destroy european heritage.

                                                                    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/7198329/Labours-secret-plan-to-lure-migrants.html

                                                                    [–]Puddn_Head 3 points4 points  (1 child)

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                                                                    Neat. Looks like this protein aggregate we recorded in the lab a while back.

                                                                    [–]springy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    Ah - Europe - the land of the free!

                                                                    [–]grinbear 2 points3 points  (1 child)

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                                                                    Here is a picture of North Korea at night: http://imgur.com/7xM7T4m

                                                                    [–]theplannacleman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    HACTUALLY --- http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2012/12/18/north_korea_satellite_nasa_lights_KEYED/largest.JPG

                                                                    [–]I_am_Perverted 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    I've never noticed how much it looks like doggy-style sex.

                                                                    [–]Freddie_AppsHero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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                                                                    Alternative title: "The Failures of Communism".

                                                                    [–]The_Irish_Twig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    If I squint i see a dragon.

                                                                    [–]mbevks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    Why do some areas have white light and others yellow light?

                                                                    [–]keyboard_crusader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    Genuinely curious, how many stars can be seen from one of the more populous areas in Europe? I'm guessing not a lot.

                                                                    [–]zmead22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    I read this as, "Europe.... AT NIGGGHHT."

                                                                    [–]briin79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    Pshhhh i see this all the time before playing COD BO2

                                                                    [–]shadyconcepts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    Looks like eggs stuck to the bottom of a frying pan.

                                                                    [–]meelawsh 0 points1 point  (1 child)

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                                                                    Notice how high-population flatlands are white, while high-population mountainous areas are yellowish. I wonder why...

                                                                    [–]Underscore_Hero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    Looks like a carpet stain of some sort.

                                                                    [–]BadgerAttack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    look at all that Reddit juice!

                                                                    [–]Cowicide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    Imagine how many people out there are fuckin' right now man, just goin' at it.

                                                                    http://i.imgur.com/yWlf2qO.jpg

                                                                    [–]oliksandr 0 points1 point  (3 children)

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                                                                    Belgium, why you so shiny?

                                                                    [–]Mizuty 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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                                                                    Its because every roads on belgium have lights on it (put on by the government). While most (all?)other countries don't have this.

                                                                    It feels really strange to drive at night in other countries when you're belgian

                                                                    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    We just really, really like shiny things.

                                                                    [–]Cosmic_Adventure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    Wait till an alien species starts their search for life forms in our universe. They're not going to miss our planet.

                                                                    [–]punknotdead34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    Dat boot.

                                                                    [–]NoLessThanAGod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    Needs moar Final Countdown

                                                                    [–]jkgoddard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    Disgusting.

                                                                    [–]PlacentaSoup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    wow, look how dark Africa is in comparison to Europe.

                                                                    [–]protoman777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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                                                                    I see fucking steve left the light on. AGAIN.

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