What did I just observe while on my bus to Vaasa? It was roughly an hour before Vaasa, perhaps somewhere close to Närpes… I wanted to believe that they were the northern lights but the hues seem very different.. is it that artificial lighting for the growth of plants thingy? It lit up the whole area and still seemed to have an origin somewhere in the sky ..

by osamizm

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  3. It’s always the greenhouse lights if it’s Närpes, there is a huge area that has greenhouses. The lights are visible to space.

    If there is low coverage in the sky the lights will light that up.

    [Suomen säteilevin kaupunki on pikkuinen Närpiö – kasvihuoneiden öinen valo loistaa Helsinkiäkin kirkkaammin | Yle](https://yle.fi/a/3-10590713)

    “Suurin lisäys valaistuksen määrässä löytyy Pohjanmaalta, erityisesti Närpiöstä. Kun radianssin arvo Helsingin keskustassa on 150, Närpiössä suurin arvo on lähempänä 9000 nanowattia\steradiaani\neliösentti.

    – Kirkkaimmiksi keinovalon lähteiksi paljastuivat tutkimusaineiston perusteella Närpiön kasvihuoneviljelmät, jotka loistavat selkeästi kirkkaammin kuin Suomen kaupungit, Hiltunen sanoo.”

    Translated by google:

    “*The biggest increase in the amount of lighting can be found in Ostrobothnia, especially Närpiö. While the value of radiance in the center of Helsinki is 150, the highest value in Närpiö is closer to 9000 nanowatts\steradian\square centimeter.*

    *- Based on research data, the brightest sources of artificial light were revealed to be Närpiö’s greenhouse plantations, which shine clearly brighter than Finnish cities, says Hiltunen*.”

  4. In that area there is huge greenhouses so that is just light pollution from those.

  5. Närpiö is where a big portion of our greenhouse vegetables come from. These seem to be HPS lights.

  6. You mean närpiö (since we’re in Finland after all). Most probably greenhouse lights.

  8. Like others have said, greenhouses. I live near Robbe’s greenhouse in Lapinjärvi and same thing – and that is just one place, not many like Närpes has.

  9. It’s santa claus hauling ass to get your shit delivered.

  12. One thing that others have failed to mention is that this also looks like one of the testing sites for project Väinämöinen.

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