Earth at Night

[Sowelu]

 
 

Earth at Night
Credit:

[/b] C. Mayhew & R. Simmon (NASA/GSFC), NOAA/NGDC, DMSP Digital Archive [/center]

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 central parts of South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The above image is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures made by the orbiting DMSP satellites.

Editor's note: This image has generated many print requests. Unfortunately, we do not sell prints. However, a high-resolution digital version of the image is available here. [/color]

antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061001.html

[annarita]

Very nice!
You can't see Sedona at night from up there however. There is a city ordinance against lighting at night. A dark-sky policy. So residents can see the stars. Our porch lights can't use more than 25 watt bulbs because of this. Kinda cool but I always have to carry a flashlight when I go out at night so that I don't trip on a rock and fall on my butt.


xxx

[dee]

That is beautiful