Is there anyway of looking online....

Phate · 23 Sep 2008 at 19:41

If any section of motorway doesn't have any lights on currently?

I want to go out and do some long exposure shots but I don't fancy wasting £60 in petrol to find that lights on it all the way!!!

Any ideas folks?

Many Thanks,
Jake

andi · 23 Sep 2008 at 19:49

Google earth?

Sarduk · 23 Sep 2008 at 19:49

andi said:
Google earth?

Do you honestly believe that is live?

Janesy B · 23 Sep 2008 at 19:50

andi said:
Google earth?

yes, i've heard that google have spent £1,000,000,000,000,000 in making google earth real time :rolleyes:

Akira · 23 Sep 2008 at 19:50

andi said:
Google earth?

You can't be serious.

Phate · 23 Sep 2008 at 19:58

JimpsEd said:
Do you honestly believe that is live?

If only, that'd be great

[TW]Fox · 23 Sep 2008 at 20:03

Motorways only tend to be lit in the proximity of junctions with other Motorways. Find a stretch in the middle of nowhere and you'll be fine.

Muffin` · 23 Sep 2008 at 20:03

JimpsEd said:
Do you honestly believe that is live?

They come and go? I always thought they were static :eek:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...95354,-2.12167&spn=0.001302,0.003476&t=h&z=19

Phate · 23 Sep 2008 at 20:03

[TW]Fox;12561865 said:
Motorways only tend to be lit in the proximity of junctions with other Motorways. Find a stretch in the middle of nowhere and you'll be fine.

Cheers fella, I'll go out for a drive in a lil bit

Anyone interested in the result?

Sarduk · 23 Sep 2008 at 20:05

I AM - I love long exposure road shots.

Phate · 23 Sep 2008 at 20:07

JimpsEd said:
I AM - I love long exposure road shots.

No worries.

Heres one I did ages ages ages ago

Took that in September 06, when I first got my SLR

Hopefully tonight's will be a tad improved

TripleT · 23 Sep 2008 at 20:17

M61 around Junction 6... Too far north?

Phate · 23 Sep 2008 at 20:22

TripleT said:
M61 around Junction 6... Too far north?

Should have said last week when I was staying at Toms!

Phate · 23 Sep 2008 at 20:28

Right, im off to see what i can come up with

Hilly · 23 Sep 2008 at 20:29

M54 in Telford has long stretches of unlit areas.

Fr0dders · 23 Sep 2008 at 20:55

andi said:
Google earth?

Excellent suggestion

choose aerial photo and zoom into max zoom and you can quite clearly see if its got street lights on it or not.

behold a sample of Junction 27 of the m1

the shadow the lights cast can quite clearly bee seen.

[TW]Fox;12561865 said:
Motorways only tend to be lit in the proximity of junctions with other Motorways. Find a stretch in the middle of nowhere and you'll be fine.

not strictly true

the m1 for example is completely unlit all the way from Junction 27 to Junction 40. Least it used to be since they added the new bits around the M18 interchange.

but Junction 33 for sheffield central to Junction 40 will definately still be all unlit.

Janesy B · 23 Sep 2008 at 20:58

you are forgetting that some of the shots are a good few years old

Fr0dders · 23 Sep 2008 at 21:00

Janesy B said:
you are forgetting that some of the shots are a good few years old

true

but a quick google search is better than nothing. And vast stretches of the motorway network havent changed in years either.

[TW]Fox · 23 Sep 2008 at 21:01

MrLOL said:
not strictly true

Thats generally what 'tend' can mean.

Gooner14 · 23 Sep 2008 at 21:04

Plenty of the M11 is unlit which is fairly close

Just head towards Stansted