This is quite something. I thought some people would be interested.
Barb
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Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:29 AM
Subject: Fw: Panoramic View of World From The Space Station
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Subject: Panoramic View of World From The Space Station
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Subject: Fw: Fw: Panoramic View of World From The Space Station
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Panoramic View of World From The Space Station
Hi,
Below is a link to a picture of earth that was taken from the space station.
It's great when you put it on Full Screen. If you are not good with night
time
lights then put a world map beside you and you will see it all come out.
What more can I say but have a great day.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_bigjpg
View from the space station
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 US 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.
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 moststriking observation is the
difference between north and South
Korea. Note the density of Japan.
What a piece of photography. It is an absolutely
awesome picture of the Earth taken from the Boeing
built (go Lockheed!) Space Station, in November on a perfect night with
no obscuring atmospheric conditions.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg