Astronaut Douglas Wheelock, aboard the ISS, snapped this nighttime photo of the Nile as he shot over it on Saturday. The contrast between where there is life and there is not is striking, to say the least. [Astro_Wheels via defcon_5]
Is that an illusion or can you see the atmosphere around earth? I’m concerned it appears to be poo brown in colour. Also to look at that number of lights it’s not hard to understand how it might have gotten that way. It’s a shame all the lights are not powered by the river, the way the people are.
G
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 10:47 AMthe lifeblood of africa :)
TT
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 11:46 AMAmazing how the atmosphere is highlighted…
(…Looks sort of like an energy shield out of Halo…/endgeek)
Bjorn
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 2:18 PM+1
FTW
LucasF
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 11:57 AMIs that an illusion or can you see the atmosphere around earth? I’m concerned it appears to be poo brown in colour. Also to look at that number of lights it’s not hard to understand how it might have gotten that way. It’s a shame all the lights are not powered by the river, the way the people are.
Ward Paterson
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 12:51 PMYeah, look at da shit in the earths upper atmosphere….
fekkin China heavy industry smog man…
Tristan
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 4:25 PMOMG!!! There is a HUGE alien spaceship about to blow up earth! I can see it’s green photon cannons warming up!
Pat
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 4:35 PMI’m know expert but I dont think thats the atmosphere, I think its just sun light coming around the edge of the earth…
David Anderton
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 9:31 PM“The contrast between where there is life and there is not is striking, to say the least.”
by life you mean people wasting earth resources right? i mean i’m pretty sure there is lots of life in Africa that doesn’t need night lights…
Dan
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 10:27 PMWhere people live, not where there’s “life”. :)