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Old 12-03-2008, 12:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Cool Fantastic Shot From Space




This photograph was taken by the crew on board the Columbia during
its last mission, on a cloudless day.
The picture is of Europe and Africa when the sun is setting. Half of the
picture is in night. The bright dots you see are
the cities lights.
The top part of Africa is the Sahara Desert.
Note that the lights are already on in Holland, Paris, and Barcelona, and
that’s it’s still daylight in Edinburgh, London, Lisbon,
and Madrid.
The sun is still shining on the Strait of Gibraltar. The Mediterranean Sea
is already in darkness.
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you can see the Azores Islands; below
them to the right are the Madeira Islands; a bit
below are the Canary Islands; and further South, close to the farthest
western point of Africa, are the Cape Verde islands.
Note that the Sahara is huge and can be seen clearly both during Daytime
and night time.
To the left, on top, is Greenland, totally frozen.
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Old 12-03-2008, 05:54 PM   #2 (permalink)
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amazing!!
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nice!! seen it Bfore!
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Old 12-03-2008, 06:46 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Uber cool.!
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Old 12-03-2008, 06:49 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Thanks for sharing
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Old 12-03-2008, 06:50 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I have lots of stuff to share . Once final exam gets over (14th march) I will post some more cool stuff
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Old 13-03-2008, 10:45 AM   #7 (permalink)
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i think that the pic is rendered.
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Its not real!

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Actually, the notation about this image's having been "taken by the crew on board the Columbia during its last mission" was added only after the fatal break-up of the Space Shuttle Columbia upon its re-entry on 1 February 2003. Well before then, this picture had been circulating as a photograph "taken via satellite, on a cloudless day."

Although this image does accurately depict the landforms described and the positioning of lighted cities to the right of the day-night terminator line, it doesn't represent an actual Earth view one might see from space. This photograph is a digital composite formed by merging multiple images from different sources (primarily satellites).

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http://www.snopes.com/photos/space/sunset.asp
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lights on the snowy mountain tops gives it away





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