It is indeed a striking photo. Wirt Atmar posted a similar (if not the same)
photo in November 2000:


http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/earth_lights_lrg.
jpg

You can see a smaller version, along with some information about the photo,
at

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4333

(watch the wrap on the URLs!)


Paul


At 08:52 AM 1/16/02 -0500, Jim Phillips wrote:

 >http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
 >
 >Supposedly (I can't vouch for this text):
 >
 >"has an absolutely awesome picture of the Earth taken from the Boeing
built
 >Space Station last November on a perfect night with no obscuring
atmospheric
 >conditions This is really a sight to behold! The image is a panoramic view
 >of the world from the new space station. It is a night photo with the
lights
 >clearly indicating the populated areas. You can scroll East-West and
 >North-South. 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."
 >
 >However, it is a striking photo.
 >
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