This page contains two
amazing pictures of our world from outer space.
The first image is a panoramic
view of the world from the space station. It is a night photo with the
lights clearly indicating populated areas.
Note that Canada's
population is almost exclusively along the U.S. border. Moving east to
Europe, there is a high population concentration along the Mediterranean
Coast. It's easy to spot London, Paris, Stockholm, and Vienna.
Note the Nile River and
the rest of the "Dark Continent." After the Nile, the lights don't come
on again until Johannesburg. Look at the Australian Outback and the
Trans-Siberian Rail Route. Moving east, the most striking observation is
the difference between North and South Korea. Note the density of Japan.
What a piece of
photography! It really is an awesome picture of the Earth taken from the
Boeing built Space Station last November on a perfect night with no
obscuring atmospheric conditions.
And, no
single picture could better illustrate where human prosperity has been
maximized!
Use the slider bars in
your browser to move across and down the image.
