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From djconnel@flash.net:

The subject is real or nearly real achievements....


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From castlewrks@aol.com:
Light originates from behind viewer.  This ruins the effect that the
replacement is the source of light.  The concept of this image is cute.
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From sonya_roberts@geocities.com:
Hahaha!  Great concept :)  Nicely rendered, too.  The colours and shaped of the continents on Earth look a tad strange, but then I'm assuming this is far enough in the future that contindental drift, change in ocean levels, etc. might have something to do with it :)

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From chipr@niestu.com:
I would have liked the filament to be brighter.  Very cute idea.

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From bobfranke@halcyon.com:
Interesting concept, if mankind is still around, but a bit off topic.

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From ethelm@bigfoot.com:
An interesting image!

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From bsieker@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de:
Hm, the topic was not meant to be weird and unlikely science fiction, but
real technological and engineering achievements. So this is quite far off topic,
I'm afraid.
You don't seem to have any conception of what "to the power of" really means.
Ask a physician (a) what a light source of 10^26 would do to any nearby
object and (b) what kind of energy source and cable was required to
transfer such amounts of power. Furthermore, the light bulb is not hollow, but
solid.

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From lpurple@netcom.com:
Nice Earth model.


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From r@dial-up42.webbernet.net>:
Bizarre idea, not all that topical, but well realized.  How many astronauts does it take to screw in a lightbulb?