France/Italty Border at Night from Space

[Patrick]

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=44124

Via Digg.
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[-Ram-]

great pic, i like it

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Here is one of the Earth taken at night back in 2000

Scroll across and up and down to get a full view.

http://rodneyangell.com/earthlights.jpg
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[Patrick]

Thanks for sharing that. It's interesting to see where lights are and where they aren't. I guess it also depends on when the picture was taken. i.e. it's not night everywhere at the same time... maybe they took it at the same time local time in each area and then stitched it together?

Cool photo, either way.

Thanks,

Patrick
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[~HG~]

I am not sure how they achieved the final picture but the thing about it I find interesting is that just by looking at it, you can gauge which countries are densely populated and which are not simply by the concentration of lights.

It also shows where each counties population is concentrated and Australia is a clasic example of that where some 90% of the population here live on the "seaboard"
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[Patrick]

Yeah, agreed.
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