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Saw this online and thought it was a cool pic.
Oct 5th 2008
Explanation: This is what the Earth looks like at night. Can you find your favorite country or city? Surprisingly, city lights make this task quite possible.Human-made lights highlight particularly developed or populated areas of the Earth's surface, including the seaboards of Europe, the eastern United States,and Japan. Many large cities are located near rivers or oceans so that they can exchange goods cheaply by boat. Particularly dark areas include the centralparts of South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Everybody keeps asking so...
The above image is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures made by the orbiting DMSP satellites.
Source - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081005.htmlhttp://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081005.html
Oct 5th 2008
Explanation: This is what the Earth looks like at night. Can you find your favorite country or city? Surprisingly, city lights make this task quite possible.Human-made lights highlight particularly developed or populated areas of the Earth's surface, including the seaboards of Europe, the eastern United States,and Japan. Many large cities are located near rivers or oceans so that they can exchange goods cheaply by boat. Particularly dark areas include the centralparts of South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Everybody keeps asking so...
The above image is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures made by the orbiting DMSP satellites.
Source - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081005.htmlhttp://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081005.html