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Once climbing thousands of miles across the earth’s surface, Expedition 28 International Space Station Crew took various snaps on August 21, of an on-going brightly lit orange line jutting across the earth. Be not alarmed, as the picture does not display anything supernatural. The spectacular camera shot below displays the planet’s, only visible, land borders.
The orange line passing in an orderly fashion indicates the border between India and Pakistan
Back in 2003, the Indian government made a move to erect floodlights along the terrain separating both the countries. The move was sanctioned by the state to prevent smuggling and arms trafficking. Both the borders have regularly witnessed attempts at infiltration by terrorists as well as other banned activities.
From a total of 1800-mile (2900 km) long India-Pakistan border, the Indian government hopes to cover 1248 miles (2900 km) with floodlights. So far, 1156 miles (1861 km) of the border has been erected with floodlights which includes 286 miles (460 km) bordering the Pakistan state of Punjab, 635 miles (1022 km) across Rajastan, 109 miles (176 km) across the Jammu border and 125 miles (202 km) through Gujarat.
In addition, the Indian government has high hopes on completing the floodlight operation by March 2012.
via [DailyMail]
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