Good Afternoon Charles,
That is indeed, a cool photo. I'll check out the site.
When approaching an airport at night and if I have a window seat (which I prefer), I find it exhilarating to view city lights near the airport we are about to land at. To me, it is a sign of civilization.
This magnificent old David Owen article (now available in the temporarily free archives of the New Yorker!) makes it difficult for me to think about light pollution as anything other than an insidious trend that should be stopped.
That is indeed, a cool photo. I'll check out the site.
When approaching an airport at night and if I have a window seat (which I prefer), I find it exhilarating to view city lights near the airport we are about to land at. To me, it is a sign of civilization.