World at night

Originally posted by Penguin Chruser brought up an itresting point, see those 2 lights by madagasgar in the ocean? those are huge... power supplys... secret military bases? nucleur siloS? why would 2 TINY isalnds off the coast of madagasgar have that much power? =0

Actually, these 2 islands are :
- Mauritius
- A french overseas department called " L'ile de la Reunion".


The brightest areas of the Earth are the most urbanized, but not necessarily the most populated.
In Russia, the Trans-Siberian railroad is a thin line stretching from Moscow through the center of Asia to Vladivostok. The Nile River, from the Aswan Dam to the Mediterranean Sea, is another bright thread through an otherwise dark region.

Originally posted by Xenn I hope its a given that those lights are added, I mean, if you can see the enitre US and Canada from a Satellite like that your not gonna be seeing lights like that. Plus, the whole world isnt dark at once, ever, so I'm assuming its seperate pictures merged together.

The above image is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures made by the orbiting DMSP satellites.