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Saturday, November 12, 2005Have you ever wondered what our world looks like when most of the lights are extinguished? Ever sit in your bedroom with all your lights on whilst working away on a personal project? Wondering just how much light is going into the skies? How do the billions upon billions of lights of all sorts; street lights, airplane beacons, helicopters, houses, office towers, monuments, fishing boats, cruise ships and much more look from above and afar? The truth is that the planet is basked is a glorious or grotesque amount of light, depending on how you view it. It's wasteful how much light we waste even as most of us are sleeping though incredibly beautiful to see what all these twinkling lights look like across the globe. NASA and other satellite companies create photo overlays using digital satellite imagery by combining photos of the many parts of the world thus giving you a clear picture of what each part of the world looks like or the whole planet at once. Theoretically saying what it would look like if darkness fell upon us at the same time. Take in the beauty of these assorment of shots. Enjoy!  NASA's current pieced picture of the world at night, notice the mostly well lit countries include Canada, United States, Italy, Japan and India. The UK and the Eastern seaboard of North America is completely basked in a glow of light. South America, Australia and New Zealand are much darker. Land mass wise Africa, Eastern Europe and central China are dimly lit aside from certain coastal areas where cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Cape Town reside.  A different version of the world in black and blue showing night lights looking at Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. Again we can see light pouring across Eastern Europe, Japan and India. The East Coast of China have heavy patches of light where the bigger cities are located.  Zooming in on Canada, the United States & Mexico(top), the whole world from a tilt(centre) and the UK & Europe (bottom)  Toronto, Canada(top blotch along Lake Ontario) and Buffalo, U.S. (bottom blotch)on a typical night  New York City on a typical night  London on a typical night Canada's vast pieced picture at night  United States' lights on a typical night  East Coast of North America showing Toronto, Montreal in Canada and Cleveland, Detroit, and New York City in the United States before the major August 14th, 2003 blackout taken at 9:03 pm on August 13th, 2003 East Coast of North America after the major August 14,2003 blackout taken at 9:03 pm sending Toronto, Montreal in Canada, Cleveland, Detroit and New York City in the United States into blackness Teague Neal blogged on 2:12 AM
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