https://www.greenprophet.com/2012/03/iss-astronauts-earth-hour/ Sustainable news for the Middle East Sun, 01 Apr 2012 08:38:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greenprophet.com/2012/03/iss-astronauts-earth-hour/#comment-33840 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 08:15:41 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=69812#comment-33840 MJJ Thank you for the correction, Yes, the satellite photo and Kaleej Times photos are of Dubai. I’ve updated the caption.

]]> https://www.greenprophet.com/2012/03/iss-astronauts-earth-hour/#comment-33838 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:28:18 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=69812#comment-33838 Sorry but the aerial shot is of Dubai not Abu Dhabi.

]]> https://www.greenprophet.com/2012/03/iss-astronauts-earth-hour/#comment-33826 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:42:55 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=69812#comment-33826 Khaleej Times has some nice before and after photos of Abu Dhabi. Burj Khalifa’s lights were turned off! http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2012/March/theuae_March954.xml&section=theuae

]]> https://www.greenprophet.com/2012/03/iss-astronauts-earth-hour/#comment-33821 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:26:04 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=69812#comment-33821 JTR, that is a possibility. But light pollution is the easiest pollution to eliminate. Earth Hour’s website is highlighting some success in Libya ( http://earthhour.org/blog/hope-springs-eternal-libya ) and many other parts of the world.

]]> https://www.greenprophet.com/2012/03/iss-astronauts-earth-hour/#comment-33818 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:03:04 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=69812#comment-33818 No longer able to see the stars beyond their haze of air pollution, most humans have forgotten where they are in the Cosmos and become all the more self-centered, money-hungry and ecocidal.

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