It's not really one picture. Its a composite of pictures taken by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Not only is it not night everywhere at once, but you can't see the whole earth at any one time from space either. Google for DMSP. They have some other really nice images out there also.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Giovanni Tairov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 11:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [brlug-general] Re: FW: Awesome Picture (fwd) > > > Nice picture, no doubt. I love it! I just have one question (please > ignore my skepticism). How did they manage to get a night picture of > _all_ the earth? What about the time difference between > continents? Is > it a combined picture taken several times? Am I an idiot in > astronomy? > Let's say, when it's midnight here in Baton Rouge, it noon in > Russia... > you get the picture... > > Please enlighten me. (absolutely no sarcasm here) > > Giovanni Tairov > > > >I know this is off topic, but if you look at this site using your > >Linux machine then it's close to the topic? ! ;) > > > >However, this is a really great photo of the earth at night. > > > >http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg > > > > > > > > > > > >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. After enlarging the picture, 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. > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
