Todays pic is a bit different from the usual offerings in this thread, it concentrates on us instead of outer space.
Where People Live on Planet Earth
Where do people live on Planet Earth? Although people inhabit every continent, the highest population densities occur in Asia. Sparsely inhabited regions occur on virtually every continent, however, including the Sahara Desert in Africa, the Great White North of North America, the outback of Australia, the Amazon of South America, and the Himalayan Mountains of Asia. The above color-coded map was produced from populations estimates made for 1994, when the world population was about 5.5 billion. Current estimates place the world population at about 6.3 billion.
Credit: NRCS, USDA
A larger version of this piccy can be found here, this is a 174K Gif image.
Previous Pic Of The Day posts
06th Mar 03 Courtesy of Garp
05th Mar 03 Courtesy of Grouch
03rd Mar 03
02nd Mar 03
01st Mar 03
28th Feb 03
27th Feb 03
Where People Live on Planet Earth
Where do people live on Planet Earth? Although people inhabit every continent, the highest population densities occur in Asia. Sparsely inhabited regions occur on virtually every continent, however, including the Sahara Desert in Africa, the Great White North of North America, the outback of Australia, the Amazon of South America, and the Himalayan Mountains of Asia. The above color-coded map was produced from populations estimates made for 1994, when the world population was about 5.5 billion. Current estimates place the world population at about 6.3 billion.
Credit: NRCS, USDA
A larger version of this piccy can be found here, this is a 174K Gif image.
Previous Pic Of The Day posts
06th Mar 03 Courtesy of Garp
05th Mar 03 Courtesy of Grouch
03rd Mar 03
02nd Mar 03
01st Mar 03
28th Feb 03
27th Feb 03