Last Updated on: Jan 17, 2002
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
> Check the link above. It is also typed below under Useful links.
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This is really a sight to behold. 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
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.
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!
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