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To: roguedolphin who wrote (58213)	1/31/2012 3:05:06 PM
From: Mike Johnston	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 119360

My favorite was Luxor in Vegas. The most powerful man-made source of light on earth. And the biggest draw (for men and insect alike): every night, in the 30-50 feet of space surrounding the light, one can see the densest on earth concentration of flies. I bet a cloud that I've seen there must have had 5-10 million flies or more - truly a sight to behold (as for 5-10 million, it's a wild guestimate, could be 500 000 or could be 50 million- don't quote me on that -g-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At 42.3 billion candlepower, the Luxor Sky Beam is the strongest beam of light in the world. Using computer designed, curved mirrors to collect the light from 39 Xenon lamps and focus them into one intense, narrow beam, engineers say that a person could read a newspaper by Luxor’s Sky Beam from ten miles up. On a clear night, the Sky Beam is visible up to 250 miles away to an airplane at cruising altitude, and is clearly visible from Outer Space.