Author Topic: Earth at night (Read 312 times)

Sandman · « **on:** August 23, 2004, 11:31:43 AM »

This sort of pic has been done before, but this is a recent view.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040822.html

Saintaw · « **Reply #1 on:** August 23, 2004, 11:38:24 AM »

thx for the wallpaper

This reminds me how dark Siberia looked when I flew over it when comming back from Japan. totaly different from the rest of the world (x'cept for the sea of course...)

Boroda · « **Reply #2 on:** August 23, 2004, 11:50:30 AM »

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Originally posted by Saintaw
thx for the wallpaper

This reminds me how dark Siberia looked when I flew over it when comming back from Japan. totaly different from the rest of the world (x'cept for the sea of course...)

You can't expect to see the light where noone lives... You can see railway lines through Siberia on this image. Even BAM (north of Baikal lake) is visible! Frankly speaking I am surprised by the lights that are relatively dense East of Urals...

For me the most interesting part of this image is North Korea. It's dark not because they don't have elecricity but because they turn of the light simultaneously...

Edbert · « **Reply #3 on:** August 23, 2004, 11:53:10 AM »

That is not a recent picture, see the date of 2002? Still pretty cool even after seeing it 100 times though. You can clearly see which parts of the globe have a thriving economy.

Sixpence · « **Reply #4 on:** August 23, 2004, 11:56:08 AM »

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Originally posted by Boroda
You can't expect to see the light where noone lives... You can see railway lines through Siberia on this image. Even BAM (north of Baikal lake) is visible! Frankly speaking I am surprised by the lights that are relatively dense East of Urals...

"The above image is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures made by the orbiting DMSP satellites." That might be the source of so much light?

hawker238 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 23, 2004, 12:01:38 PM »

I found South Korea.

Nilsen · « **Reply #6 on:** August 23, 2004, 12:02:05 PM »

nice one sandman...thx

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 23, 2004, 01:04:49 PM »

check out the nile, pretty cool.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #8 on:** August 23, 2004, 04:34:42 PM »

I see my house!

Mini D · « **Reply #9 on:** August 23, 2004, 05:13:00 PM »

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Originally posted by hawker238
I found South Korea.

According to that map, South Korea is the island just west of Japan.

I've seen one more detailed that just showed North vs South Korea. I understand Siberia not having any lights, but not a populated portion of land such as North Korea.

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 23, 2004, 06:27:22 PM »

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Originally posted by Mini D
According to that map, South Korea is the island just west of Japan.

I've seen one more detailed that just showed North vs South Korea. I understand Siberia not having any lights, but not a populated portion of land such as North Korea.

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For me the most interesting part of this image is North Korea. It's dark not because they don't have elecricity but because they turn of the light simultaneously...