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[chris holman]

Some of my older pictures of the city under construction camera tricks 

Edited June 23, 2019 by chris holman

[titanhog]

I find this satellite photo so intriguing.  You can look at the size of the "light blobs" and kinda compare the "metro" sizes and how even at night, you can easily tell the size of a US city (for the most part).   The only lights I'm baffled by is that HUGE grouping of lights in what appears to be North Dakota.  Is that from the oil drilling up there?  Has to be, right?  That's crazy if true.

Well...I guess I just answered my own question! (Google is my friend)

 

[markhollin]

January, '19 (courtesy of White Cloud Media):
 

[smeagolsfree]

 

Before you answered your own question I figured that was what it was. That has been a hot spot for a number of years now for workers and the oil industry and has turned that tiny little area into a boomtown. 

Thanks Titanhog for the images though as I always love trying to pick out a city in the dark trying to tell which one it is. It also shows the sprawl of a city too.

[MontanaGuy]

I also remember seeing that satellite image before and trying to figure out what in the world it could be because Regina was the only possibility I could think of but it would be too far south.  I also find it interesting to fly at night because you really get a good idea of how expansive a metro area really is but also I've seen how much empty space is in the western states as opposed to the east.  I remember flying from the Baltimore-Washington DC airport to Nashville at night and it seems like that huge metro area just went on forever!

[Salbato]

Sky5 News Channel 5 FB page 

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said:

 

Before you answered your own question I figured that was what it was. That has been a hot spot for a number of years now for workers and the oil industry and has turned that tiny little area into a boomtown. 

Thanks Titanhog for the images though as I always love trying to pick out a city in the dark trying to tell which one it is. It also shows the sprawl of a city too.

Really makes me want to see that area.  Can't believe there's that many lights in one rural place.  When I've heard them talk about the boomtown up there...I had no idea it was THAT huge.   Wonder what kind of infrastructure they have up there?  

[MLBrumby]

Most of that light comes from the flaring of 'sour' gas, unusable as a byproduct of oil fracking/drilling. It's quite a sight with a dark blue night sky. 

[Salbato]

12 hours ago, titanhog said:

I find this satellite photo so intriguing.  You can look at the size of the "light blobs" and kinda compare the "metro" sizes and how even at night, you can easily tell the size of a US city (for the most part).   The only lights I'm baffled by is that HUGE grouping of lights in what appears to be North Dakota.  Is that from the oil drilling up there?  Has to be, right?  That's crazy if true.

Well...I guess I just answered my own question! (Google is my friend)

 

Thanks for sharing! I found another one that's similar with state lines.

 

[smeagolsfree]

Sure has ruined the night time sky views in that area I will bet.

[nashvylle]

5 hours ago, Salbato said:

Sky5 News Channel 5 FB page 

Nashville looks like a major city from this angle. 

[Andy20]

Found this on Fox 17 Facebook of Nashville last night. Credit: David Howe

[VSRJ]

Here's a larger version of it. Photographer is David Howe: https://twitter.com/dhdeeder/status/1142250496046096384

Edited June 24, 2019 by VSRJ

[Mr_Bond]

11 hours ago, titanhog said:

Really makes me want to see that area.  Can't believe there's that many lights in one rural place.  When I've heard them talk about the boomtown up there...I had no idea it was THAT huge.   Wonder what kind of infrastructure they have up there?  

 

9 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

Most of that light comes from the flaring of 'sour' gas, unusable as a byproduct of oil fracking/drilling. It's quite a sight with a dark blue night sky. 

The oil service companies are working on GTL (gas-to-liquid) technology that allows them to capture that gas and use it or sell it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_to_liquids#Aspirational_and_emerging_ventures

In Texas, south of Austin and San Antonio, you can see the Eagle Ford field in the shape of a crescent.

The Energy Information Agency projects that the U.S. will be a net exporter of petroleum products in 2020.  The last year we were a net exporter was in the 1950s.

[MLBrumby]

1 hour ago, VSRJ said:

Here's a larger version of it. Photographer is David Howe: https://twitter.com/dhdeeder/status/1142250496046096384

From above Donelson? Madison? Possibly Rivergate or the county line at Hendersonville?

 

Edited June 24, 2019 by MLBrumby

[The ATX]

12 hours ago, Salbato said:

Sky5 News Channel 5 FB page 

That is an excellent shot.

[Nathan_in_DC]

On ‎6‎/‎19‎/‎2019 at 9:35 PM, CenterHill said:

I sincerely hope that as part of the construction, Metro figures out a way to redesign the greenway so that it can remain open.    It was a fail to route it inside the stadium, which is gated and closed many days of the year.     Same goes for the greenway through Ascend Amphitheater.   

I am continually baffled by why they chose to do that. It makes absolutely no sense. I get having a branch that goes through the stadium and amphitheater, but having the main route go through a gated area that is regularly closed just seems designed to discourage use of the greenway to regular commuters.

[chris holman]

6 hours ago, The ATX said:

That is an excellent shot.

 

[titanhog]

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Professional Drone Services:

[donNdonelson2]

That slanted horizon made my right eye twitch from borderline OCD issues. For any who suffer in a similar fashion...you’ve welcome! 

[bigeasy]

13 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

From above Donelson? Madison? Possibly Rivergate or the county line at Hendersonville?

It was in East Nashville near the Cornelia Fort Airport with his drone. He posted a nice timelapse video of the storm from Saturday.

[smeagolsfree]

4 hours ago, donNdonelson2 said:

That slanted horizon made my right eye twitch from borderline OCD issues. For any who suffer in a similar fashion...you’ve welcome! 

You just need to tilt your head a little.

[titanhog]

4 hours ago, donNdonelson2 said:

That slanted horizon made my right eye twitch from borderline OCD issues. For any who suffer in a similar fashion...you’ve welcome! 

Guess I don't see what you're talking about.  Looks pretty much straight across to me.  Same amount of horizon on both sides of the photo.  Am I missing something? 

[smeagolsfree]

I was eating at 404 Kitchen Friday night when the storm hit and I thought thee were going to be some Mary Poppins servers as they were grabbing umbrellas on the patio. I had to zig zag through the streets on the way home tododge all the downed construction fences and such in the streets.