Light pollution is at the very bottom of the list of the problems associated with fracking.

There is a good discussion over on Cloudy Nights on light pollution from fracking. Here on this map on this link:

http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/rpd/shale_gas.pdf

The map prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Agency, delineates the extent of recoverable shale plays in the continental United States; anywhere in a shaded area will more than likely experience increase light pollution in the near future.

In this link if you look at pictures 10 and 14 you can see what a well is like at night:

http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map-pinedale-anticline.html

As stated by a friend from the forum:

"Elsewhere notice the fleet of Halliburton trucks serving one fracking rig. Note other structures, such as the stations to reinsert toxic water; it cannot be used for cattle. The groundwater is contaminated and some companies now provide citizens with bottled drinking water. The ozone concentrations are higher than those in L.A. There are about 7,000 wells (gas) with 3,500 more on the way.

This is only the tip of one iceberg. The Upper Green is at the top of what some call the Unita Basin, an area said (again, by some) to contain four time as much oil as Saudi Arabia--not what they have left, but what they had. As I've noted here before, all of eastern Utah is heading into The Great White Light, and that includes all our beloved red rock country with its many national parks. Anyone still want to retire to the Four Corners with their 36' dob?

In your mind's eye, extrapolate what you see in the photos to an area all the way down to northern New Mexico and you can see why some of us are so concerned. Bloomberg reports that in five to seven years we will surpass Saudi Arabia in oil production. It's called the New American Gas and Oil Revolution. It will go on for a long time, folks, and will...well, you know what it will do to visual astronomy."

Look at the images for the Jonah Field . . . image those stretching from the Uinta Basin to southern Utah . . .

http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map-jonah-fields.html

Here is a link to the interactive map to the Upper Green (river) in Wyoming.

http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map.html

In Utah this will kill visual and imaging in the areas it is going to happen. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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