NASA's night light map of East Asia

[steelseries779]

 

[ahojunk]

Bright lights in coastal China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.

Medium intensity lights in central China.

Elsewhere, it is still pretty dark.

When the OBOR is in place, we would expect NW China and the central Asia to be brighter.

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

Comparing to 1992

and now

Japan and North Korea unchanged in 20 years

Bright lights in coastal China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.

Medium intensity lights in central China.

Elsewhere, it is still pretty dark.

When the OBOR is in place, we would expect NW China and the central Asia to be brighter.

A version with terrains，the relatively dark southern China have lots of mountainous area..so does Vietnam except the Hanoi region

 

[Soulspeek]

Detailed night map of South & East Asia

Terrain light map of India, Pakistan & Srilanka

These two maps indicate two things.

1. In comparison to China, electricity distribution looks to be fairly even across the country. China looks to be heavily concentrated along its sea belt. I understand that may be because of Tibetan Plateau which is not an easy place to do electrification.

2. Pakistan is electrified only along the Indus river & Punjab area. Rest is all dark.

 

[IsaacNewton]

population density is also a factor.

Tibet has 3 million people, and that land area is as large as western europe.
Makes no sense for it to have as much light.

NK has light in only one city.

 

[Srinivas]

Detailed night map of South & East Asia
View attachment 248492

Terrain light map of India, Pakistan & Srilanka
View attachment 248493

These two maps indicate two things.

1. In comparison to China, electricity distribution looks to be fairly even across the country. China looks to be heavily concentrated along its sea belt. I understand that may be because of Tibetan Plateau which is not an easy place to do electrification.

2. Pakistan is electrified only along the Indus river & Punjab area. Rest is all dark.

The natural boundaries Himalayas of Sub Continent are marking from Afghanistan to Myanmar.