Thursday, March 18, 2010 |
07:54 - The Light Fantastic
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/nyc_and_las_vegas_from_above_a.html
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A photographer by the name of Jason Hawkes rigged up a helicopter with stabilizing mounts and took to the skies over Manhattan and Vegas at night. Excellent imagery ensues:
What's particularly amusing (and/or depressing), though, is that the comments are so predictably full of Luddites and bitter moralists who think these photos represent the peak of human decadence. One even goes so far as to proffer an image of the African continent at night as being "much better".
Fortunately there are plenty of voices of sanity to offer a counterpoint:
"Our circadian rhythms are set so that we can sleep in the DARK"
Have you heard about the latest invention? They're called "curtains". You hang them in front of your windows and they block out the light from outside. It's like magic! You should get some if you're having trouble sleeping. It's probably cheaper than moving to Africa, anyway.
And lol at the people boo-hoo-hooing about New York's energy inefficency. Sure, it could be better, but New York by far is the most energy-efficient city in America, and I'd be flabbergasted if it didn't have the lowest carbon emissions per capita (in additon to the millions of people in the city who use public transportation and the high number of multiple-family dwellings, New York gets much of its electricty from the Indian Point nuclear power plant). "Oh noes, those poor trees!" Yeah, because I hear farmers and suburban developers are great for forests.
Via Tim Blair.
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