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The Bright Orange Border Between India and Pakistan

Borders are often artificial constructs made by man. Given that that's usually the case, that tends to mean that borders aren't often visible from space. Not this time, though. The border between India and Pakistan is something else. You can see the bright, orange, horizontal line marking where India starts and where Pakistan ends. This is due to teh many orange spotlights constructed by India on the borderline. Crazy stuff.

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The reason that India went to the trouble of lighting up their borders was to spot smugglers and trespassers who tried their luck doing all kinds of mischievous things across the border.