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Old 08-16-2009, 12:33 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Cities at night from space

Shots of cities around the world taken from The International Space Station.

Cities at night from space: photographed by NASA astronauts on the International Space Station - Telegraph
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Awsome photo.






You reckon Jimbo is up there with them smiling and feeling special?
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Here's a night time satellite photo of North and South Korea.The contrast is amazing.

The solitary dot of light in North Korea is the capital city of Pyonyang.

(I can't get the "attach photo" feature to work, so I'm posting a thumbnail picture. Better image here :

http://offtopic.kimcm.dk/Images/KoreaByNight.jpg )

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Now, that is very, very eerie Richard...why is there only 1 light from North Korea
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How many N Koreans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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All of them apparently.
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Its weird. In my wildest dreams I never imagined Dubai would look like that at night. The rest yes, Dubai not so much.
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oops, just got them......awesome!

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