You can’t literally see lights from space or whatever. If somewhere had less coverage on google maps you wouldn’t think it’s uninhabited, but for some reason, people irl seem to be constantly referring to this image as though it’s a literal picture. Mostly for ‘civilized’ reasons, but also light pollution and just other stuff. Maybe this just made the rounds on reddit or something?

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This is Antarctica erasure!

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whats this secret super metropole in Russia ?

Do they have a secret Megacity

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5 points

oil rich area. probably just relatively more going on compared to the surrounding area

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6 points

You mean this ?

It’s the “shine” part in moonshine.

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yeah what is that ? maybe they build a secret second soviet union , and then never told us about ?

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people irl seem to be constantly referring to this image as though it’s a literal picture.

Did they forget about weather and time zones again?

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You CAN see the lights from space and light pollution is a big problem.

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The most accurate map of light pollution regulations

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