One of my favorite pictures

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It's kind of old, but it's one of my favorite pictures I've found on the net. My favorite part is that South Korea looks almost like an island off the coast of China since North Korea is so dark.



Yee-ha! for NASA!!!
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
I love that you can make out the borders of India in a sea of black... looks pretty cool.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
I love that you can make out the borders of India in a sea of black... looks pretty cool.


You're right. It looks really neat. I also like the contrast of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
It also makes me want to move to alaska so I don't have all those lights from Vegas (I could pinpoint vegas easy.. lol) getting in the way of the stars... I miss the stars soo much here..
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
It also makes me want to move to alaska so I don't have all those lights from Vegas (I could pinpoint vegas easy.. lol) getting in the way of the stars... I miss the stars soo much here..


I loved visiting Vegas a few years ago. We had a lot of fun, but I couldn't imagine living there. Even outside the city, the glow has got to be hard at night.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
I got this one a while back and love it.
remember this one?
"Communism is the wave of the future!" Chairman Kruschev.
"Catch the wave! Phhtttt!!" Sam Kinison
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
I got this one a while back and love it.


I use it as my wallpaper on my home and work computers.

remember this one?"Communism is the wave of the future!" Chairman Kruschev. "Catch the wave! Phhtttt!!" Sam Kinison


HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Sam Kinison. Now that was a funny dude!
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
compared to n. korea, s. korea is an island....of sanity, sanity being relative in the case of either korea anyways....
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Wallpaper...that's a good idea.   Do you know a good place for a high-res version of this pic?
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Do you know a good place for a high-res version of this pic?


http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02991

That's where I got it from originally. I cut it down to add to this blog, but I use the larger sized version for my background.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
You can find many cool pictures, including the earthlights picture at -

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

They refeature the earthlights pic every now and then. They change the dates but I don't think it's an updated picture. It was just the picture of the day a couple days ago, but the date on the photo itself was Aug 11, 2002, which is the last time it was the photo of the day. So, I think they may just be refeaturing it, rather than putting up a new version. I'd like to see a new version, though, to compare how the lights may have changed over time.
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Wow, I had forgotten about that one. Great photo, and great links as well. Thanks for sharing.