Does anyone know what's going on in the former Arsenal stadium in this
picture?
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll...04823&t=h&z=18

On 31 Oct, 17:32, Basil Jet wrote:
Does anyone know what's going on in the former Arsenal stadium in this
picture?http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll...3&spn=0.001944...

Maybe the lawn is being irrigated. If you go close enough it looks
like jets of water coming out.

On 31 Oct, 17:48, MIG wrote:
On 31 Oct, 17:32, Basil Jet wrote:

Does anyone know what's going on in the former Arsenal stadium in this
picture?http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll...3&spn=0.001944...

Maybe the lawn is being irrigated. *If you go close enough it looks
like jets of water coming out.

Oh, but it's not a real lawn, is it?

On Oct 31, 5:49*pm, MIG wrote:

On 31 Oct, 17:48, MIG wrote:

On 31 Oct, 17:32, Basil Jet wrote:

Does anyone know what's going on in the former Arsenal stadium in this
picture?
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll...02723&t=h&z=18

Maybe the lawn is being irrigated. *If you go close enough it looks
like jets of water coming out.

Oh, but it's not a real lawn, is it?

Yes, it was - at least, it mostly was - the new(-ish) pitch at
Ashburton Grove has some synthetic fibres woven in with the turf
("Desso Grassmaster"), though I'm not sure if this synthetic element
was ever a feature at the old Highbury.

More on Desso Grassmaster:
http://www.dessosports.com/en/desso-grassmaster/

As Paul Scott says, the Google maps aerial image shows the pitch being
'sunned'.

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know what's going on in the former Arsenal stadium in this
picture?

Artificial 'sun' lighting to keep the grass growing when in the shade of the
stands.

Fairly common nowadays in the big stadia where the all round stands
initially led to the grass surface being absolutely useless for large parts
of the year, and led to re-turfing mid season at quite a few grounds.

Paul S

On 31 Oct, 19:07, "Paul Scott" wrote:
"Basil Jet" wrote in message

...

Does anyone know what's going on in the former Arsenal stadium in this
picture?

Artificial 'sun' lighting to keep the grass growing when in the shade of the
stands.

Fairly common nowadays in the big stadia where the all round stands
initially led to the grass surface being absolutely useless for large parts
of the year, and led to re-turfing mid season at quite a few grounds.

Paul S

Apart from the issue of whether it's grass, wouldn't that blot out all
those shadows?

On 2010\10\31 19:07, Paul Scott wrote:


"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know what's going on in the former Arsenal stadium in this
picture?

Artificial 'sun' lighting to keep the grass growing when in the shade of
the stands.

Fairly common nowadays in the big stadia where the all round stands
initially led to the grass surface being absolutely useless for large
parts of the year, and led to re-turfing mid season at quite a few grounds.

Thanks. The fact that they are concentrated in the northern half makes
me think not. They also have shadows from the sunlight, so if they are
lights, either they are not switched on or they are faint compared with
the sun.

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010, Basil Jet wrote:

On 2010\10\31 19:07, Paul Scott wrote:

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...

Does anyone know what's going on in the former Arsenal stadium in this
picture?

Artificial 'sun' lighting to keep the grass growing when in the shade of
the stands.

Fairly common nowadays in the big stadia where the all round stands
initially led to the grass surface being absolutely useless for large
parts of the year, and led to re-turfing mid season at quite a few grounds.

Thanks. The fact that they are concentrated in the northern half makes
me think not. They also have shadows from the sunlight, so if they are
lights, either they are not switched on or they are faint compared with
the sun.

If they aren't lights, they really do look very like them:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10833852@N02/2620940258/
http://www.sglconcept.com/en/mobile.htm

tom

--
The Impossible is True

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...

Fairly common nowadays in the big stadia where the all round stands
initially led to the grass surface being absolutely useless for large
parts of the year, and led to re-turfing mid season at quite a few
grounds.

Thanks. The fact that they are concentrated in the northern half makes me
think not.

They are definitely artificial lighting. Have a look at this website for
instance:

http://www.scottishrugby.org/aboutus...t/view/502/75/

These things once in the ground will stay for quitre a while between games,
whether they happen to be on or off at the time pictured...

Paul S

On 2010\10\31 19:38, Paul Scott wrote:


"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...

Fairly common nowadays in the big stadia where the all round stands
initially led to the grass surface being absolutely useless for large
parts of the year, and led to re-turfing mid season at quite a few
grounds.

Thanks. The fact that they are concentrated in the northern half makes me
think not.

They are definitely artificial lighting. Have a look at this website for
instance:

http://www.scottishrugby.org/aboutus...t/view/502/75/

These things once in the ground will stay for quitre a while between
games, whether they happen to be on or off at the time pictured...

Thanks, I now do not think not.