A whole new world...

i had the M9 tutorial last night and it ended like at around 9.30pm. so while i was walking from the train station back to my flat, i happened to look up into the night sky. it was such a beautiful sight. i can actually see lots of twinkly stars and they are mighty bright stars!

usually, if one lives in a built up and suburban environment (is it the correct word?) one usually cannot see much stars in the night sky due to light pollution.

Q1. What is light Pollution?

well, light pollution happens when excessive light from the surroundings (lamp posts, corridor lightings et cetera) escapes into the sky. if you look at the area from a distance, you can see the light rays radiating away into the sky...

This is a shot of the Victoria Theatre and the Parliament Buildings at night. Obviously it is night time, but what is the colour of the sky? isn't it suppossed to be black? or dark greay? That glowy thingy is.... LIGHT POLLUTION!

Soooo, back to my story, i stopped in my tracks and enjoyed the night time view. it was totally gorgeous! and that was when i saw Orion's Belt and the Big Dipper!!! it was so cool! Orion's Belt looked just like this...

can you see the 3 stars all aligned together! yeah it looked just like that, with 2 stars on each side of the formation; forming Orion's arms and legs. but it looked way bigger than the one in this picture.

So fellow Singaporeans, try looking up into the sky and see what you can see!