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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, by clicking on the square at the
bottom right, after the whole picture is loaded.
Note that Canada's population is almost exclusively along the U.S. 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. Check out the
development of Israel compared to that of the Arab countries.
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.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
SCrammerjammer: I noticed in your Blackberry thread, a reference to the view from the Ionosphere. Thought you and many others would enjoy this if it works...
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, by clicking on the square at the
bottom right, after the whole picture is loaded.
Note that Canada's population is almost exclusively along the U.S. 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. Check out the
development of Israel compared to that of the Arab countries.
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.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
SCrammerjammer: I noticed in your Blackberry thread, a reference to the view from the Ionosphere. Thought you and many others would enjoy this if it works...
