View from the black

Posted on October 20, 2006 | Comments Off on View from the black

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Scrunching this up took a while, but it still conveys the essential detail. Increasing small amounts  of the incandescent planet are dark at night, except for the oceans, of course. /NASA 

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0 responses to “View from the black”

  1. Akaky's avatar Akaky | October 21, 2006 at 12:05 pm |

    “Increasing small amounts of the incandescent planet are dark at night, except for the oceans, of course.” And, if you look, North Korea, which has plenty of money for nukes but not enough to keep the lights on.

  2. Unknown's avatar Dick Stanley | October 21, 2006 at 2:49 pm |

    Figures. And, so far, they can’t even get the nukes right. (keeping fingers crossed). Thanks for the visit, Akaky, and the link!