The Night on Earth

[Louis]

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 image is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures made by the orbiting DMSP satellites.

Sorry about the size, but it does not appreciate the quality of the image ... :noidea:

nasa.gov

 

[Bootie]

And before electricity it would be in complete darkness... amazing.

 

[Louis]

The east coast of USA, Japan and Europe stand out from the rest!

 

[Wigam]

Was New Zealand included in that pic ? It was cut off the edge maybe.

 

[Louis]

Was New Zealand included in that pic ? It was cut off the edge maybe.

Move the bar down, Wig.

 

[Nort]

Does New Zealand have electricity yet? :bounce:

 

[Wigam]

Just, the sheep we have turning the dynamo get tired often, and there goes the computer off. :smash:

 

[mTk]

I think I see Rico's house.