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Cameron Bopp retweeted
I have spent 23 years documenting the global LED transition of city lighting from space.
Across my 4 missions to the ISS, I have photographed every major city on Earth, building a data set of the gradual replacement of sodium vapor lighting with LEDs.
The warmer, yellow-orange of gas discharge lamps has been phased out worldwide to multi-colored LEDs, citing energy savings and environmental reasons.
Widespread adoption has markedly changed the way our cities look from orbit, and as many have pointed out, how they feel to those on the ground!
Here is a collection of the most striking before-and-after photos I have observed:
The clearest indicator that your neighbors have officially moved out is when their WiFi network stops appearing
Cameron Bopp retweeted
my lightswitch off voicelines:
"Return me to the darkness"
"So falls eternal night"
"A comforting cloak"
lightswitch on lines:
"Lets shed some light on the situation"
"These lands are not so sinister under light of day"
"REVEAL YOURSELF!"
Cameron Bopp retweeted
ALT A man is in a coffin dressed with relish, mustard, onion, tomato, a long slice of pickle and sport peppers. One mourner mentions to another "per his will, he is being buried Chicago-style."
Underscores new album is basically a Skrillex pop album. It’s perfect. I can’t stop listening. She literally recreates a vocal chop effect from like Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. 14 year-old me is eating well this month.