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Some very cool pics of the Earth at night.

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Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Just thought I'd share
Some very cool pics of the Earth at night.

Earthlights

I used to use this picture as my desktop for awhile, very nice. I friend of mine printed out for me on his very large printer and I now have it on my wall as a 3' x 6' print.

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One of those dots is me having a smoke on my deck. Can you tell which one it is?
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Beautiful. Just beautiful.
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Ok am I the only one that cant see canada or am I losing it?
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Default Re: NASA Earthlights

Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Just thought I'd share
Some very cool pics of the Earth at night.

Earthlights
Cant open the link bud!
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Ok am I the only one that cant see canada or am I losing it?
Yes. Go and turn your outside lights on Sue, then you'll see it.
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Cant open the link bud!
I'm not laughing....really
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Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Just thought I'd share
Some very cool pics of the Earth at night.

Earthlights
Hang on a minute.....

when it's night time in the UK, it's day time in Australia! How come it's 'night' all over in the pic?
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Ok am I the only one that cant see canada or am I losing it?
If you look closely sue, you can just make out butchs head shining


I patiently await the backlash
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Hang on a minute.....

when it's night time in the UK, it's day time in Australia! How come it's 'night' all over in the pic?
1. It was taken during a Solar Eclipse?
2. It was a very slow Satellite?
3. The people at NASA are very clever?

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If you look closely sue, you can just make out butchs head shining

Well I did spend hours polishing it. (my head i mean)
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Originally Posted by koogar
If you look closely sue, you can just make out butchs head shining


I patiently await the backlash
oi - leave him alone! You know what they say about bald men!
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oi - leave him alone! You know what they say about bald men!
We have less hair???
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Originally Posted by Calgal
Hang on a minute.....

when it's night time in the UK, it's day time in Australia! How come it's 'night' all over in the pic?
It's a composite picture made up of lots of different satellite photos .... well-spotted though!
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