After you look at the picture -- scroll to the bottom to read the description and then back to the picture. Really beautiful sight for anyone to see.
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The photograph attached 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 Dublin, 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.
squizy ·
Beautiful. Anyone spot any dubs?
zac_smits ·
no but it's gotta be rare for england to be sunny for once!
vw54 ·
Every time i look at the pic i think its moving lol
ruckus ·
Nice work, but fake methinks.
PrettyBlueBug ·
I think it's beautiful. 😀
kombi_kid ·
geeez earth looks small!!
cheers
rhys
Turbo54 ·
Its a great photoshop job, someone has spent some time in layers!
Sorry to spoil the party!
T54nn[ Edited on 5-9-2005 by Turbo54 ]
ruckus ·
yay, I win!
KOM123 ·
Nice artwork but the real thing also looks pretty good too :thumb
KOM123 ·
And a spectacular real sunrise 🙂
Robo ·
I would like to have a view like that before it all ended.
Rob...nn[ Edited on 6-9-2005 by Robo ]
jenz58 ·
...zac such a nice pic....luv the lights in Europe....so purdy 😵😵😵