Fw: Fwd: FW: Latest Earth Picture

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:28:44 -0800


Sort of off topic, but if considering a change for better working conditions, you can study this picture to see where the most pianos might be...;-]

David Ilvedson


> Directions:
> 
> 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 the rest 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. 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. We hope you enjoy
> this great
> bit of technology. 
>   
> Click here:
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_bigjpg
> 
> 
> 
> 


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