Africa really is the Dark Continent!

[barbara100 at jps.net]

Well obviously they pieced it together somehow.  The view from space can
only be half a world or so too. Are you skeptical of its authenticity? It's
from NASA, for Pantychrist's sake! : )




----- Original Message -----
From: Link Wray <pantychrist at hotmail.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: Africa really is the Dark Continent!


> Does it seem strange that the ENTIRE world is shrouded in darkness in this
> photo? How could North America and Australia be enjoying the darkness of
> night simultaneously? Think about it.
>
> From: "barbara100 at jps.net" <barbara100 at jps.net>
> Reply-To: barbara100 at jps.net
> To: "pynchon-l at waste.org" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Subject: Africa really is the Dark Continent!
> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 17:19:36 -0500
>
> as forwared from a friend:
>
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
>
> This is really a sight to behold! 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. Check
> out the development of Israel compared to the rest of the Arab countries.
> Note the Nile River and the rest of Africa. 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. 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.
>
>
>
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