Can you find your favorite European city? The above digital fantasy [ http://www.planetar…] of Europe [ http://en.wikipedia…] at Night is a digital composite of archived satellite images [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] taken both during the day and night. This image [ http://www.planetar…] is different from what an astronaut would see for reasons including a complete lack of clouds and an unrealistic exaggeration [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of lights and contrasts [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Even so, the geography underlying the image is captivating. Nighttime light patterns [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] have been accumulated from the USAF [ http://www.af.mil/] Defense Meteorological Satellite Program [ http://dmsp.ngdc.no…] (DMSP) Operational Linescan System.
Explanation
Can you find your favorite European city? The above digital fantasy [ http://www.planetar…] of Europe [ http://en.wikipedia…] at Night is a digital composite of archived satellite images [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] taken both during the day and night. This image [ http://www.planetar…] is different from what an astronaut would see for reasons including a complete lack of clouds and an unrealistic exaggeration [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of lights and contrasts [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Even so, the geography underlying the image is captivating. Nighttime light patterns [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] have been accumulated from the USAF [ http://www.af.mil/] Defense Meteorological Satellite Program [ http://dmsp.ngdc.no…] (DMSP) Operational Linescan System.
