nothing at all to do with fencing...

[anam_cara]

...i just thought this was really cool and wanted to share!!!!

<a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg" target="_blank">http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg</a>

amazing!!
~~cara

[Purple Fencer]

[quote]Originally posted by anam_cara:
<strong>...i just thought this was really cool and wanted to share!!!!

<a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg" target="_blank">http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.go v/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg</a>

amazing!!
~~cara</strong><hr></blockquote>


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[Munqi]

Cool!

[lochinvar]

"Hey, Martha, come lookit this...I think I can see the house!"

[Methix]

WOW, that's awesome!!

[D'Artagnan1673]

Unreal, its amazing that most all the lights are in the North.

That is quite a site.

[its_me_mango]

the northern lights were recently featured in the newspaper as being particularly livid in alaska.

[Zelda]

Its sad that the light pollution is so bad that it can be seen from space. But it is still kewl!

[its_me_mango]

yes it is beautiful, now here's another philosophical thought. so, we made our own lights, they rival the stars, and some think it stinks, but the perspective from above is beautiful, and provides another scene for us to admire. which is better, stars or lights? stars are gaseous masses, or stars, that provide pinpoints of light, they provide gravitational pull, and eventually they explode or implode, but i also like lights. maybe having one makes us admire the other and visa vera. keep writing!

[Scaramouche]

mango, all those profound thoughts are going to make my head explode

frighteningly awesome picture! now if only we could all take a field trip to the space station and see it firsthand....

[Sabress]

Wow! It's like someone's cut out north America from an Atlas, poked it a zillion times with a pin, then held a torch behind it in a darkened roon so the light streamed through the front!
That is a tre cool image!

Take care!

*:Sabress:*

[Sabress]

Sorry I meant the world. (reminds heself to check the *whole* pic before posting!)
Hey did you notice Japan has the brightest lights??

[Zelda]

Sabress thats because it is one of the most densely populated countries.

[Gav]

The USA isn't actually all that densely populated - it's just huge. Compare it with Japan or even the UK, it nowhwere near as dense. The picture is beautiful but ominous at the same time. I mean all that wasted electricity!

On another similair note. The Russians at one point planned to light the Siberian Sky from space using a huge mirror. They even launched test models but I belive they gave up cos of the cost.