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sheshe2

(83,759 posts) Mon Dec 10, 2012, 06:11 PM Dec 2012

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Oh WOW!

Twinkling city lights, raging wildfires and colorful auroras are lit up in new dazzling nighttime views of the Earth.
The new images released Wednesday are courtesy of a newly launched NASA-NOAA satellite that’s equipped with a sensor to observe the planet at night.

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Oh WOW! (Original Post) sheshe2 Dec 2012 OP

Fascinating. Shrike47 Dec 2012 #1

Probably the tar sands operations and surrounding man camps. 2naSalit Dec 2012 #3

Ahh, the relative solitude of the west... hlthe2b Dec 2012 #2

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)

1. Fascinating.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 06:19 PM

Dec 2012

What's the big splotch in what I think is North Dakota?

2naSalit

(86,610 posts)

3. Probably the tar sands operations and surrounding man camps.

Reply to Shrike47 (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 07:27 PM

Dec 2012

Also notice the off shore rigs in the gulf near NOLA.

hlthe2b

(102,275 posts)

2. Ahh, the relative solitude of the west...

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 06:44 PM

Dec 2012

I love still being able to get outside the city and see the sky at night unobscured by all the city lights

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