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Cebu_4_2
29th August 2012, 12:24 PM
Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html) Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2012 March 5

Flying Over the Earth at Night


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g&feature=player_embedded

Video Credit: Gateway to Astronaut Photography (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/), NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/) ; Compilation: Bitmeizer (http://www.youtube.com/user/Bitmeizer) (YouTube);
Music: Freedom Fighters (Two Steps from Hell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Steps_From_Hell)) Explanation: Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g) from the International Space Station (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110309.html) (ISS) and set to rousing (http://www.bowhouse.com.au/UserFiles/2415-Files/Image/CS9277BD.jpg) music. Passing below are white clouds (http://io9.com/5583751/why-are-clouds-white), orange city lights (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081005.html), lightning flashes (http://www.ucar.edu/communications/infopack/lightning/faq.html) in thunderstorms, and dark blue seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_of_water). On the horizon is the golden haze (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100623.html) of Earth's thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by dancing auroras (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110328.html) as the video progresses. The green parts (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110517.html) of auroras typically remain below the space station, but the station flies right through (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02mar_aurorasunderfoot/) the red and purple auroral peaks. Solar panels of the ISS are seen around the frame edges. The ominous (http://www.bowhouse.com.au/UserFiles/2415-Files/Image/CS9277BD.jpg) wave of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the dawn (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120116.html) of the sunlit half of Earth, a dawn that occurs every 90 minutes (http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/k-4/features/LEO_index.html).

Quiz: Can you identify any of the landscapes? (http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=120305)

Gaillo
29th August 2012, 12:43 PM
Some interesting "countries at night" photos.

First off, we have lovely Haiti. Haiti is the left 1/3 of the island on the left, the right (lit) 2/3 being the Dominican Republic. The well-lit island on the right is Puert Rico, beloved homeland of our very own Ponce:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-an__i-tsocU/TdVi_WsLpiI/AAAAAAAAAK8/pBhXyipaWcs/s1600/haiti+at+night.jpg

Next up, we have the "Vibrant Society" that forum statists love to wax on poetically about while watching military parades... the beautiful (and dark) North Korea, in the top-left portion of the photo just below the lighted arc of China and above the glowing South Korea:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EU0J-xLf9U8/TdQ5dyN2MuI/AAAAAAAAAK4/dosDn52FjIU/s1600/koreas+at+night.jpg

Finally, we have our wonderful free homeland, the good ol' lemonade stand busting U.S.S.A, with its beautifully darker (and better armed) western half, which I'm proud to call home:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rHQjSYm3jBk/TdQ5ViLsMfI/AAAAAAAAAK0/FwVdejK4mmA/s1600/USA+at+night.jpg

Serpo
29th August 2012, 05:00 PM
Some interesting "countries at night" photos...

...Next up, we have the "Vibrant Society" that forum statists love to wax on poetically about while watching military parades... the beautiful (and dark) North Korea, in the top-left portion of the photo just below the lighted arc of China and above the glowing South Korea:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EU0J-xLf9U8/TdQ5dyN2MuI/AAAAAAAAAK4/dosDn52FjIU/s1600/koreas+at+night.jpg




Only one light on in North Korea

Gaillo
29th August 2012, 05:04 PM
Only one light on in North Korea

Any bets it's the living room window of the "dear leader's" house?

It sure as hell ain't "Motel 6" keepin' the light on! ;D

Down1
29th August 2012, 05:17 PM
Why is there a glow in the water off Korea ?

k-os
29th August 2012, 06:00 PM
Thoughts on the video . . . the cities look like they are on fire, lightning looks like a video game, and the auroras look like a force field. The music was magnificently appropriate.

Thanks for sharing, Cebu_4_2!

Down1
29th August 2012, 06:13 PM
http://geology.com/articles/satellite-photo-earth-at-night.shtml
Nice site.
Let's take a gander at Africa.
Home to a billion plus people.
http://gold-silver.us/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3560&d=1346288883

Cebu_4_2
29th August 2012, 06:18 PM
Why is there a glow in the water off Korea ?

Fire flies.

Down1
29th August 2012, 06:23 PM
Not as "beautifully" dark in this pic.
http://gold-silver.us/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3561&d=1346289528

Serpo
29th August 2012, 06:27 PM
....
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120731.html

Curiosity Before Mars: Seven Minutes of Terror
(http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120731.html)

slowbell
29th August 2012, 07:42 PM
Finally, we have our wonderful free homeland, the good ol' lemonade stand busting U.S.S.A, with its beautifully darker (and better armed) western half, which I'm proud to call home:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rHQjSYm3jBk/TdQ5ViLsMfI/AAAAAAAAAK0/FwVdejK4mmA/s1600/USA+at+night.jpg

This picture is awesome. I can make out Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Reno, Sacramento...pretty amazing photo.

TheNocturnalEgyptian
29th August 2012, 07:45 PM
http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?22927-Thought-Provoking-Photos-(Now-Stickied-)&p=568565&viewfull=1#post568565


We got some of that action going on in this thread

Horn
29th August 2012, 08:17 PM
http://geology.com/articles/satellite-photo-earth-at-night.shtml
Nice site.
Let's take a gander at Africa.
Home to a billion plus people.
http://gold-silver.us/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3560&d=1346288883

Gander at those 2 little islands off of Madagascar...

Those are strobes I had no idea existed..

slowbell
29th August 2012, 08:34 PM
Gander at those 2 little islands off of Madagascar...

Those are strobes I had no idea existed..

Also, look at that big bright squiggly line in Egypt. Looks like the Nile is lit up nice and bright, strange.

Cebu_4_2
29th August 2012, 08:55 PM
Also, look at that big bright squiggly line in Egypt. Looks like the Nile is lit up nice and bright, strange.

That's where the action is.

Horn
29th August 2012, 09:00 PM
I can see an eyeball on England. (or a little rat with his cheese smiling at me)

In the secret underground lair.

Down1
5th December 2012, 03:04 PM
New pics out today.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/suomi-satellite-night-lights-gallery