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gchew
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by gchew Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:47 am
This is too good to be true... I wonder if it can happen here.
The same story from
reuters .
river
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by river Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:03 am
wonderful... but I think it will never happen here, the first question from Gov is "light off for Star Gazing??", how can that help singapore economy and who will be responsible if road accident increase that night.
rlow
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by rlow Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:38 am
Yes I agree with Sinhoe that it is a great fantastic idea but unfortunately it will never materialise in Singapore....
Traveler
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by Traveler Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:27 pm
I remembered during Comet Hale Bopp's peak appearance some skyscrapers in Tokyo cooperated with the local astronomers to switch off their entire building lights.
Airconvent
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by Airconvent Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:02 am
its easier to do it in iceland as their population and built up area is small.
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ariefm71
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by ariefm71 Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:25 am
they have another source of light pollution there... the aurora!
echelon
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by echelon Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:32 am
Quite pointless to try in SG right now. No light but still got a layer of smoke from Indon forest fires blanketing the skies.
river
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by river Sun Oct 01, 2006 1:59 pm
There is something singapore can do.
aquillae
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by aquillae Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:08 pm
heheh our govt. could use that excuse when we're getting blackout here ;p
astrobabe
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by astrobabe Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:19 pm
For those rarely-used roads in the ulu areas of Singapore, perhaps those auto-sensor lamp posts could be installed...?
Wonder if any SingAstronomers would be "astro-hardcore" to visit Iceland so as to experience this 1st hand...
...clouds, please go away, let me see the stars today...
