1 May 2007

Picture of the Month - May 2007




(Click on the picture for the best view)

This series of images which was taken by a satellite and fused together shows the Earth during the night time. The continents are seen clearly due to the light of the Full Moon. But what is more astonishing is the brightness of the city lights. The city lights are so bright that it could actually be seen from space. These lights mark the developed areas on Earth. The eastern part of USA and west Europe are the brightest parts which are considered as the most developed areas. Whereas in Asia, Japan, east coast of China, Malaysia, Singapore and most parts of India are glittering with the city lights.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey dude this is a seriously cool pic man.... get more pics like this an put it on your blog which makes it seriously cool....

Inchara Prakash said...

If you click on the pic and look at the enlarged picture you can easily spot Chennai, B'lore, Mumbai and other important cities in India..

Kavin said...

I have seen this pic before... I remember one guy pointing out on the pic that the time zones of India and USA differ and obviously, USA and India (and also many others) can't experience night time simultaneously... do u get me??? that guy even told the pic was a fake...

Inchara Prakash said...

Hmmm... I think the first line of the post should make it clear. This is a group of images fused together just like Google Earth..

Kavin said...

oops... I didn't notice that... the first thing I remembered on seein the pic was the guy who pointed out that it was a fake...