What does the extinguished light (2 photos) Bashny.Net

"The program DSMP / OLS captures faint light sources on the ground. What does this mean? This means that not only can see the city of giants, but small towns, as well as boats, and much more. »

"Network of cities and towns in densely populated areas can be analyzed over time, as lighting them is stable (stable light) - as throughout the year, and for several years - and takes the satellite ground constantly, and then from this array to create a map of stable light sources.







Map for Growth and Reduction of 10 years 1993-2003
A legend says: red - new light. appeared, orange etc. - High intensity light.
blue - low intensity blue - light extinct

then - Asian part

comment to the author of the post card:
"Collapse of the USSR had a negative impact on the level of economic development, especially in small towns and rural areas in all the republics of the USSR, but the effects were different degrees of severity. It is the real growth of other countries on this background makes absolutely obvious problem - in other countries extinguishing fires usually compensated by flashing new. & Quot;
"In particular, the hypothesis about the growth of existing large cities due to" szhiraniya "labor from the province - some mnogomillionniki Brightens (especially Moscow and St. Petersburg - so, in Moscow unprecedented population growth, EMNIP Moscow already reaches 10% of the population of the Russian Federation) but the decline of small settlements "cleans" the area of ​​one million, creating a chain of thousands of "extinct" villages around the "golden chain" lights - artery Russia, Trans-Siberian Railway. »
"I think that the loss of large industrial areas of the Urals, the eastern and western Ukrainian industrial zones and industrial zones priukrainskih in its European part became very strong impact -" necrosis & quot; there are obvious. More big blows - living, ie southern Siberia, and the Far East. Last - very seriously. & Quot;

Then - not only about Russia:
"USSR" Square "- as a consequence of the collapse of economic relations between the parts of a single industrial zone on the territory of Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, loss of markets and a serious crisis
Kiev broke out, and the country was plunged into darkness. Judging by the level of depopulation driven me, Ukrainian SSR and its agro-industrial complex and machine-building suffered perhaps more serious of all. »
"Moldova: the kingdom of darkness, not enough of Sauron.
With interest in photography Moldavia all started. Moldova repeating patterns of Ukraine, with well-lit and industrialized areas in the west. They were covered, and very tough - Republic rushed to a bad example. As it is written in the study, the light is preserved only in the areas of large cities. »
"Georgia: Civil War to an industrialized area - a direct path to the DPRK
More some freedom fighters rushing quickly to the level of the DPRK on the dark - freed from the "oppression" of the USSR, Georgia raped civil war and dive into the darkness. »
"Baltic States: Europe will help us:
Baltic really helped Europe. There is also a concentration of new lights, and growth, for example, Tallinn. In general, judging by the pictures the most painless Estonia was able to continue industrial development. The collapse of economic ties with the Republic of the Union somewhere "had cut" chain of highways, but for example on the same Lithuania seen burning new "chain" in Poland. The European Union has incorporated not unproblematic territory, but gave them thus substantial assistance. »
"Kazakhstan and Central Asia:" Darkness Falls ", or the end of the two industrial-urban zones
Tightly integrated agribusiness in Southern Siberia and Northern Kazakhstan RSFSR "crashed" together. Other Central Asians, quickly "liberate" impoverished accelerated pace and on their territory dark. Minor potentates sometimes feel there riots - though riots Islamists likely to "extinguish" these countries do even worse, almost black, like Afghanistan or some Turkmenistan. Industrial belt of Central Asia, the upper, lower that the most likely orientrovannye agriculture, degraded. »
"The results of thoughts: the previously conjectured to materialize, and there were many new and additional, and indeed new knowledge. Domination of decline or rise of the glow in the territory very clearly correlated and associated with economic growth and social well-being - in a state of "no electricity" society usually falls as a result of or strong decline and depopulation of territories, or simply military actions. All of these things were accompanied by the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation itself seriously impressed with the exception of the capital cities, and the remaining very powerful industrial complex and urban-rural network in the republics degraded. Deprivation of these networks for the RSFSR was IMHO a powerful factor of economic collapse, especially considering integration - for example selhozprom Ukraine-Moldova-RF, reflecting a greater number of small points of light, or selhozprom Southern Siberia and Kazakhstan. Withering away of the industrial complex of large cities also took place, especially in the "Square", eager to independence. "

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