View Full Version : The Earth at night....
Bolter
01-12-2005, 11:52 AM
Found this sweet image of the Earth at night and I thought I'd share.
http://muchos.co.uk/members/Bolter/earthlights2.jpg
EDIT: picture came out worse than I thought, image crunching made it too small, if anyone wants a full size copy shoot me a PM. Its very detailed.
DOUBLE NINJA SQUID EDIT: Damn that was fast squid, sure shoot me a PM with your email and I'll send you a copy.
TRIPLE SUPER PIRATE EDIT: Will Wood is going to host it a post it, so you can all just take it from here.
-=Squid=-
01-12-2005, 11:53 AM
That is pretty cool. Do you have a larger version of it that could be used for say, a desktop wallpaper?
PissedGodzilla
01-12-2005, 12:01 PM
hotness, where did you find that?
PM sent
Bolter
01-12-2005, 12:05 PM
ages ago on another forum, I have it streched to fit my desktop, its so interesting, I can look at it for ages :) email sent
pumaking
01-12-2005, 12:20 PM
CaptaiN_JacK
01-12-2005, 12:29 PM
Neat thing I found while searching google:
http://www.wholeo.net/Trips/Art/Web/TripsArt/Imagine/RitualSpaces/GaiaPoint/earth/earth1mapNight.htm
Same image it seems, but more interactive.
Edit: And upon further searching I found an extremely good picture of it:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html
Bolter
01-12-2005, 12:50 PM
that second link is the same picture. Great find! You are betterer than me at the internet :)
bjjb99
01-12-2005, 01:05 PM
I find the most interesting portion of that image to be the stark contrast between North and South Korea.
BJJB
CaptaiN_JacK
01-12-2005, 01:18 PM
I find the most interesting portion of that image to be the stark contrast between North and South Korea.
BJJB
Oh wow, I hadn't noticed that until you pointed it out. That's what happens when one country spends their budget on military and the other spends [the United State's] money on economy. Which gives further proof that when the two countries decide to unite (if ever) that it will be on the Souths terms, not the Norths, as long as the US keeps a military presence in the South.
brianlojeck
01-12-2005, 03:06 PM
I've got that as a poster in my den... absolutly beautiful.
If you look real closely in the water you can see oil rigs and japanese fishing boats as dots of light.
Hexis
01-12-2005, 03:20 PM
I think this is the original source:
APOD 2000 November 27th:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html
They have links to high res versions there. It's a great image.
Edit:
One of the links: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?5826 has a 40Mb 16384w x 8192h TIFF of the image. How's that for high res?
Deep Sixx
01-12-2005, 03:36 PM
I've always loved that photo.
sixx
AcemanPB
01-12-2005, 03:55 PM
A huge poster came with my National Geographic a few months ago with that picture in it
Mango
01-12-2005, 04:27 PM
A huge poster came with my National Geographic a few months ago with that picture in it
I have that same poster on my wall right now
<_<
B.A.M.
01-12-2005, 05:04 PM
pretty sweet picture
Very nice picture. I have the same NG poster.
Sparq
01-12-2005, 06:21 PM
There is another like this somewhere which shows a large void in the North East US / Southern Ontario from that enormous blackout...what, a year ago now?
Yes! I remember that shot. Very cool, just one big gap in the USA.
I find the most interesting portion of that image to be the stark contrast between North and South Korea.
BJJB
wow...good eyes
almost makes south korea look like an island - but, not really
Sparq
01-12-2005, 08:05 PM
...check the Nile.
Gitaroo Man
01-12-2005, 09:09 PM
wanna-b-ballin'
01-12-2005, 09:15 PM
hey! i can see the light from my house!
nah. that is a neato mosquito picture though. i'm likeing it
fire1811
01-12-2005, 09:36 PM
i have a bigger picture of it if anyone wants it
fire1811
01-12-2005, 09:38 PM
I think this is the original source:
APOD 2000 November 27th:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html
They have links to high res versions there. It's a great image.
Edit:
One of the links: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?5826 has a 40Mb 16384w x 8192h TIFF of the image. How's that for high res?
disregard my last post
its at link posted here
Sparq
01-12-2005, 10:14 PM
http://www3.sympatico.ca/reids/powerless.jpg
Behold, the power of...uh...being a pack rat.
Bolter
01-13-2005, 08:56 AM
wow that is one helluva dent in America. Looks like godzilla came outta the water and took a huge bite or something! hehe!
Rudalf how could you :(
http://img29.exs.cx/img29/9140/rudolf4uv.jpg
Deep Sixx
01-13-2005, 12:22 PM
That would've been cool to see too, but that "blackout" picture is fake.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/blackout.asp
sixx
Sparq
01-13-2005, 06:01 PM
That would've been cool to see too, but that "blackout" picture is fake.
Ah well...if nothing else, it's hopefully an accurate depiction of the affected area.
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