My Pic of the day 6/3/03 another Superb sky shot (56k users, its worth it)

Garp · 6 Mar 2003 at 12:42

Berserker · 6 Mar 2003 at 12:56

Very nice, although it's been posted here before, e.g.: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43502

FYI - The image fails to load on my browser. You'd be better off with this image instead:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights2_dmsp_big.jpg

Edit: Or, this 56k friendlier version:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp.jpg

[ASSE]Arnie01 · 6 Mar 2003 at 13:27

I always wondered this.

Is that a real photo or what? (obviously not taken n 1 go)

VirtualAdept · 6 Mar 2003 at 18:35

Originally posted by [ASSE]Arnie01
I always wondered this.

Is that a real photo or what? (obviously not taken n 1 go)

It'll prolly be one of those panoramic time lapse types... thats pretty much all I could see it being.

Berserker · 6 Mar 2003 at 20:52

This may answer some of your questions:

This is what the Earth looks like at night. Can you find your favorite country or city? Surprisingly, city lights make this task quite possible. Human-made lights highlight particularly developed or populated areas of the Earth's surface, including the seaboards of Europe, the eastern United States, and Japan. Many large cities are located near rivers or oceans so that they can exchange goods cheaply by boat. Particularly dark areas include the central parts of South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The above image is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures made by the orbiting DMSP satellites.