The night(s) view is great! Look at the line of lights along the Nile; The upper and lower kingdoms just like in the olden days. I think there are rail lines visible in Russia and the mountains in Taiwan have forced settlement to the west. What the heck is that streak through Central Asia? Do traces of the silk road still show up? And why is Canada so empty away from the US border except in the area of what looks to be the Rockies?
Yep. Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Amazon basin too. Cuba is a bit dim. I wonder if it wouldn't look like Miami if not for Castro? I also thought Chile would show to more effect.
I love the internet. In the southern Indian Ocean I noticed a completely blacked out island. Looking it up in an atlas it is the French territoy of Kereulen Island (formerly Desolation Island).
Here is a nice looking website with links to antarctic islands. Can an obscure thread be far behind?
I'm fascinated by the little blips in the Amazon, the middle of the Australian outback, and other places I wouldn't have expected to find them. There's even one way up on the Queen Elizabeth Islands north of Canada - turns out it's Resolute. I've heard of it.
Could one of the streaks through Asia be the Trans-Siberian?
Yes, I think that is the one that lies pretty much east-west up in the north with branch lines. Here's a map, looks like the branches are N-S rivers. What I am looking at, though, is the diffuse arc that goes from Iran just south of the Caspian and heads up around the Tibetan plateau. Let's see, here's a map, I think it *is* the route of the Silk Road.
Puerto Rico is by far the brightest spot in the Carribean.
I think you can see the split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic also. And also a dim Bela Rus in Europe? It is hard to tell about the latter because the entire Ukraine is a bit dim.
The night(s) view is great! Look at the line of lights along the Nile; The upper and lower kingdoms just like in the olden days. I think there are rail lines visible in Russia and the mountains in Taiwan have forced settlement to the west. What the heck is that streak through Central Asia? Do traces of the silk road still show up? And why is Canada so empty away from the US border except in the area of what looks to be the Rockies?
ReplyDeleteNorth Korea is still blacked out.
ReplyDeleteNorth Korea is still blacked out
ReplyDeleteYep. Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Amazon basin too. Cuba is a bit dim. I wonder if it wouldn't look like Miami if not for Castro? I also thought Chile would show to more effect.
I love the internet. In the southern Indian Ocean I noticed a completely blacked out island. Looking it up in an atlas it is the French territoy of Kereulen Island (formerly Desolation Island).
ReplyDeleteHere is a nice looking website with links to antarctic islands. Can an obscure thread be far behind?
I'm fascinated by the little blips in the Amazon, the middle of the Australian outback, and other places I wouldn't have expected to find them. There's even one way up on the Queen Elizabeth Islands north of Canada - turns out it's Resolute. I've heard of it.
ReplyDeletePuerto Rico is by far the brightest spot in the Carribean. Wonder why?
ReplyDeleteLook at Cuba versus Puerto Rico. Fascinating, no?
ReplyDeleteCould one of the streaks through Asia be the Trans-Siberian?
ReplyDeleteYes, I think that is the one that lies pretty much east-west up in the north with branch lines. Here's a map, looks like the branches are N-S rivers. What I am looking at, though, is the diffuse arc that goes from Iran just south of the Caspian and heads up around the Tibetan plateau. Let's see, here's a map, I think it *is* the route of the Silk Road.
Puerto Rico is by far the brightest spot in the Carribean.
I think you can see the split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic also. And also a dim Bela Rus in Europe? It is hard to tell about the latter because the entire Ukraine is a bit dim.
i love that photo of
ReplyDelete"Earth at Night".
first saw it about 2 years ago.
one of my favorites.
Chuck, damned if it doesn't look like you're right. That's a fascinating observation, isn't it?
ReplyDelete(That Asian art site is terrific, by the way.)