Earth Lights

[Jettin' Fool]

Think you all might enjoy this. As it is simply clicking on web site below, probably within everybody's computer possibilities. Check the link below...This is really a sight to behold.
The image is a panoramic view of the world from the new
space station. It is a night photo with the lights clearly
indicating the populated areas.
You can scroll East-West and North-South.

Note that Canada's population is almost exclusively along the
US border. Moving east to Europe, there is a high population
concentration along the Mediterranean Coast. It's easy to spot
London, Paris, Stockholm and Vienna.

Note the Nile River and the rest of the "Dark Continent."
After the Nile, the lights don't come on again until
Johannesburg. Look at the Australian Outback and the
Trans-Siberian Rail Route. Moving east, the most striking
observation is the difference between north and South Korea.
Note the density of Japan.

What a piece of photography. It is an absolutely awesome
picture of the Earth taken from the Boeing built Space Station
last November on a perfect night with no obscuring atmospheric
conditions.

Click here:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ima...s_dmsp_big.jpg

[GutshotApe]

Thanks, that's a cool shot. I have a Raven poster showing north America at night from space............but not of the whole world.

Notice the radical difference between South and North Korea.......looks like S.Korea is an island. Not much electricity in N.Korea.

[jet]

That is so cool... Amazing. You can tell who uses most of the resources around the world.

Jet~~~