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this picture has been floating around a lot..but it seems that this does'nt have anything to do with Diwali http://www.sciencephotogallery.co.uk/pictures_1705155/india-...

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Have to agree that although this is a nice pic, it prob has nothing to do with Diwali. There's no way that India's current infrastructure can handle/generate all that electricity. It's a nice dream but unfortunately not reality.

Though a bright spot (no pun intended) is that a lot of remote villages (and there are a ton of them) utilize solar, biogas, and other alternatives as their primary source of energy. Really cool stuff.

actually if the description in the link is correct..it is indeed a real composite picture and the brightest white lights were present since 1992. however i do agree that the brightness seems to be artificially enhanced..

I wonder. There still are quite a few empty spots though, and like the poster above me said, white lights were present since 1992 and the red ones are 2002+. Why wouldn't ISRO or someone release a pic ? Would be all the rage for atleast a couple of weeks one would think.

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