Can you see your house from here?

[coliholic]

Thanks to Boatone for converting a Word Doc e-mail piccie that someone sent me.

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[Forbsie]

...or even

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[BrendanS]

Have a look at this one. I've got it as wallpaper on my computer - yes, har, har, I can see the wallpaper jokes flooding in /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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




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[Renegade_Master]

make a change from net jokes at my expense

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[hlb]

Thats brilliant Colin. I can see Harry sat chewing his hooves. Not much good looking at the house roof though.

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[sgball]

I can't see my house, but I can see my sisters in the South of France.
Trudie

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[DavidJ]

Damn!
I left the lights on my boat in Sardinia
David

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[coliholic]

Actually David I think one of the bulbs has gone. Better get down there and change it.

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[Steve_D]

I always get the bergerac music in my head when I see these images.

Steve D

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[Guest]

Wonderful picture, and a fitting tribute to the crew of STS-107. Thank you.

Regards

Nigel

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[Guest]

All is not what it seems...

Got my knickers in a twist last night, replying to Forsbie rather than Coliholic for a start, although I am still a little confused even now!

Re-examining the 'sunset' picture in the cold light of day, I realised that the opening sentence of the caption probably refers to another picture taken by the Columbia crew, while 'sunset' was definitely taken on an earlier occasion, presumably from the satellite referred to. Clear evidence is the day/night terminator, which indicates summer in the northern hemisphere, whilst Columbia's last mission was at the end of January. This also explains the totally cloudless sky.

Nonetheless, I would be interested to know the source of the picture(s).

Regards

Nigel

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[BrendanS]

Re: All is not what it seems...

I'm totally baffled by your comments, but may be able to help. The sunset picture has been doing the rounds for ages. It's a composite picture put together in the likes of Photoshop.

The pure night time picture I linked to is also a composite picture but is 'pure' in that it hasn't been superimposed on anything, it's a satellite composite of real night images.

No space station, nor space shuttle can take these images.. there is never a moment in time when major portions of the earth are not covered in cloud.

The night link is purely a composite of images taken over many months or years, then stitched together. It's real, but not taken in one shot.

The wonderful thing is looking at it in detail. Look at the route of the Siberian Express, the edges of Greenland and Iceland.. the huge expanses of Africa that have no major population or cities, and the same in Australia. Look deep, and you'll see wonders!

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[Guest]

Re: All is not what it seems...

Thanks Brendan. Not sure if I was being gullible or deep. You're right about the 'earthlights' picture which would make a good geography tutorial. At least I realised that it showed 'nightime' right across the globe!

Cheers
Nigel

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[DavidJ]

Re: All is not what it seems...

Brendan
The only trouble I had with your picture was India. Having lived there for a couple of years I know there are vast areas with virtually no population, however the map shows a fairly even coverage of light except for the cities.
David


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[BrendanS]

Re: All is not what it seems...

The camera never lies.
This is published by Nasa, so unless you believe in the consiracy theories that we never got to the moon, then you can take this picture to be accurate. Don't forget at this scale, even if there a huge stretches unoccupied, they won't look very big on here

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