"History is a wonderful thing, if only it was true"
-Tolstoy

Monday, October 30, 2006

Worldview

Composite Night View of Earth :

earthlights02_dmsp_big.jpg (JPEG Image, 2400x1200 pixels) - Scaled (39%)

One interpretation being "Civilized" World Illuminated

1 comment:

lakelady said...

here's an article about a detail of that photo

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=410158&in_page_id=1811

and whatcha wanna bet that the little line of light across Russia outlines the route of the "trans-siberian" railroad.