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Jose wrote:

I figured it was probably the mercury lighting from a large industrial
building. But as we got closer, I realized it was Oxford Airport (OXC).


And here I was, thinking that airports are generally the darker spots
in town, when viewed from above

Ramapriya


Generally, they are.

In urban areas, they tend to be black-ish holes in the lighting landscape.

Out here in Arizona, they tend to stand out a little bit better because the
urban lighting isn't very dense and because we CAN see airport beacons from
fifty miles away.

Jay B