Author Topic: composite nighttime photo of Earth (Read 261 times)

AKcurly · « **on:** August 23, 2004, 05:29:19 PM »

Fug, they don't allow links.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA02991.jpg

curly

ra · « **Reply #1 on:** August 23, 2004, 05:32:05 PM »

I can see my house! Reminds me to turn off my porch light.

Vulcan · « **Reply #2 on:** August 23, 2004, 05:46:27 PM »

Interesting, first thing I noticed was Cambodia, population ~ 8million and growing I think, is hardly lit up. (Wife is from Cambodia).

Maniac · « **Reply #3 on:** August 23, 2004, 05:47:27 PM »

Ya, look at Africa...

SLO · « **Reply #4 on:** August 23, 2004, 05:50:31 PM »

Hey thats my Wallpaper:D

I work with a dual display, that wallpaper looks real good in the background.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #5 on:** August 23, 2004, 06:29:51 PM »

Are all the Chineese sleeping or they dont have electric lighting yet?

LOL would think you would see more from china

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #6 on:** August 23, 2004, 06:44:15 PM »

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #7 on:** August 23, 2004, 06:46:14 PM »

I love the strings of ligts in siberia, gotta imagine they follow railroad tracks.

North Korea is very dark.

Bosnia is very dark too..

vorticon · « **Reply #8 on:** August 23, 2004, 06:52:51 PM »

wow...would be even cooler to get a nighttime view of the currently burning forest fires (last years would be even better...)

Flyboy · « **Reply #9 on:** August 23, 2004, 06:54:57 PM »

look at korea, you can actually see the border between the South and North.

allso, look at the nile river this is very cool

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 23, 2004, 09:01:47 PM »

two of these threads up now.......hmmmm dualing threads....its stated in the other thread that North Korea is so dark because all electricity is shut off at night....dont know if this is true......just passing along the word.