I watched the WTC lights on the news last night. They said they are the second most powerful lights. I would have to think the one coming out of the Luxor in Vegas is #1. Their promo material says you can see it from the moon. I guess there are no planes flying around the strip...
> -----Original Message----- > From: James J. Morrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:46 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: lights? > > > There is something similar in Kansas City, MO. A church > designed by Frank Lloyd > Wright (on the Plaza) has a shaft of light projecting > straight up from the > roof. The shaft of light was part of the original design by > FLW. However, at > the time, the lights required to achieve the intensity and > coherency required by > the design would have weighed too much for the roof to > support. About 10 years > ago, they finally implemented the design using high-intensity > halogens (which, > of course, weigh significantly less). > > http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/5886/ccc3.jpg > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Rachel, > > From what I heard on NPR, they need to avoid blinding pilots and > > distracting migratory birds with the lights. It was rather > awesome on tv. > > Please let us know how it looks in person. > > > > Denise Gwinn > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- James > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > James J. Morrow E-Mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Senior Principal Consultant > Tenure Systems, Inc. > Arlington, TX, USA > > "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable man > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. > Therefore all progress > depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: James J. Morrow > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Glenn Travis INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
