Now we do not have to look for stars under dark. There will be enough lights around.
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Mersing Laguna. Jump to 2:30 in the video if you want to skip the intro video of the surrounding environment.
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Well it looks like another white elephant in the making.
http://turbinemanlog.blogspot.com/2011/ ... ridge.html
http://turbinemanlog.blogspot.com/2011/ ... ridge.html
We do it in the dark...
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...and all night long!
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Re: Mersing
white elephant it may be, i'm sure their light pollution is going to potentially flood the southern skies in our campsite at sri kandi... sian
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Mersing finally installed some water sink!
http://eltonastronomy.blogspot.com/
Mersing finally installed some water sink!
Re: Mersing
There is an ocean current according to the Dutch oceanographers starting from gulf of Thailand down Anti clockwise following the coastline towards Isthmas of Kra down to Kota Bharu, flowing parallel to the coast of Terengganu down to Gebeng to Pekan through Mersing and then towards Rumenia Shelf onto Kuching continue to the Pacific Trench up to Okinawa and the back towards Hainan and then to the Gulf of Thailand.
When the Lynas plant becomes operational this current besides carrying sand will carry radioactive components. The sand and radioactive components will deposit on the beaches of this new project as well as Rumenia shoals where the bulk of Malaysian sand sold to you comes from.
Nature solves it's own problem. The extracted sand from Rumenia nature replaced using sand from eroded beaches of Kelantan and Terengganu and Pahang. Soon the sand will be mixed with radiation.
So in the 12 years of the Lynas plant existence millions of people will be affected.
Maybe we see the stars through 4 eyes instead of the present 2 if this is true.
http://youtu.be/LSPyVm2Zj5I
Then again we may see tourism and future facilities slowly reduced from this region.
Cheers
When the Lynas plant becomes operational this current besides carrying sand will carry radioactive components. The sand and radioactive components will deposit on the beaches of this new project as well as Rumenia shoals where the bulk of Malaysian sand sold to you comes from.
Nature solves it's own problem. The extracted sand from Rumenia nature replaced using sand from eroded beaches of Kelantan and Terengganu and Pahang. Soon the sand will be mixed with radiation.
So in the 12 years of the Lynas plant existence millions of people will be affected.
Maybe we see the stars through 4 eyes instead of the present 2 if this is true.
http://youtu.be/LSPyVm2Zj5I
Then again we may see tourism and future facilities slowly reduced from this region.
Cheers
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Today humans always get lost in 'interest and money'and made serious mistakes and disaster for themselves.They get lost in figures like GDP and lost the finner aspect of life like being able to live in clean environment;pollution free;no traffic jams;good enviro for fulture generations and clear dark skys.
So,to boost GDP--set up poluted factories,let in rich migrant and destroy the environment with congestion,set up oil refineries,and now even refine radioactive minerals.Such people should spent some time under the stars and rethink.
So,to boost GDP--set up poluted factories,let in rich migrant and destroy the environment with congestion,set up oil refineries,and now even refine radioactive minerals.Such people should spent some time under the stars and rethink.