Saturday, September 3, 2011

Earth at Night

Thanks to Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy for this shot of Western Europe, looking Southeast, London and Paris are particularly prominent.


Thanks to Phil Warnell of Pirsig and Descartes for the following pic from this link from geology.com, and the following one.



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1 comment:

  1. Phil WarnellSeptember 3, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Hi Steve,

    Actually I think artificial light is a waste of precious resource which should and could be replaced by a large degree with infrared glasses. I would propose a genetic alteration yet then closing your eyes would have no effect ;-)


    Best,

    Phil

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