Pow! What an Image.
Byron Black
bblacky@cbn.net.id
Thu, 7 Nov 2002 04:05:17 +0700
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Hey Mike,
Forward to Sheryll my heartfelt thanks for taking the trouble to point =
this out.
What an effort. I'll use this with my English-language students, to =
build their sense of world geography (at the moment rather feeble, in =
general).
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From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@ando.pair.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:29 PM
Subject: forwarded from subscriber Sheryll Greer
> Check the link below...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.
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> You can see Dallas, Houston, and the Austin-San Antonio =
Corridor.
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> Note that Canada's population is almost exclusively
> along the US 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.
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> Note the Nile River and the rest of the "Dark Continent."=20
> 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.
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> What a piece of photography. It is 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.
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> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>Hey Mike,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>Forward to Sheryll my heartfelt =
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taking the trouble to point this out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>What an effort. I'll use this with =
my=20
English-language students, to build their sense of world geography (at =
the=20
moment rather feeble, in general).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>From: "Michael Eisenstadt" =
<</FONT><A=20
href=3D"mailto:michaele@ando.pair.com"><FONT color=3D#ff0000=20
size=3D2>michaele@ando.pair.com</FONT></A><FONT color=3D#ff0000=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>To: <</FONT><A=20
href=3D"mailto:austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net"><FONT color=3D#ff0000=20
size=3D2>austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net</FONT></A><FONT color=3D#ff0000 =
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 =
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PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>Subject: forwarded from subscriber =
Sheryll=20
Greer</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>> Check the link below...This is really a =
sight=20
to<BR>> behold. The image is a =
panoramic view=20
of the world from the<BR>> new space =
station.=20
It is a night photo with the lights<BR>> =
=20
clearly indicating the populated areas.<BR>> =
=20
You can scroll East-West and North-South.<BR>> <BR>>=20
You can see Dallas, Houston, and the =
Austin-San=20
Antonio Corridor.<BR>> <BR>> Note =
that=20
Canada's population is almost exclusively<BR>> =
=20
along the US border. Moving east to Europe, there is a high<BR>>=20
population concentration along the =
Mediterranean=20
Coast. It's easy<BR>> to spot London, =
Paris,=20
Stockholm and Vienna.<BR>> <BR>> =
Note the=20
Nile River and the rest of the "Dark Continent." <BR>>=20
After the Nile, the lights don't come on =
again=20
until<BR>> Johannesburg. Look at the=20
Australian Outback and the<BR>> =
Trans-Siberian=20
Rail Route. Moving east, the most<BR>> =
striking observation is the difference between north and South<BR>>=20
Korea. Note the density of Japan.<BR>> =
<BR>> What a piece of photography. It =
is an=20
absolutely<BR>> awesome picture of the =
Earth=20
taken from the Boeing built Space<BR>> =
Station=20
last November on a perfect night with no obscuring<BR>>=20
atmospheric conditions.<BR>> <BR>>=20
<BR>> </FONT><A=20
href=3D"http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.=
jpg"><FONT=20
color=3D#ff0000=20
size=3D2>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big=
.jpg</FONT></A><BR><FONT=20
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