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Bluu
March 8th, 2003, 12:05 PM
This photograph was taken by the crew on board the Columbia

during itslast mission.This photograph was taken via satellite, on a

cloudless day. The picture is of Europe and Africa when the sun is

setting. Half of the picture is in night. The bright dots you see

are the cities lights. The top part of Africa is the Sahara Desert.

Note that the lights are already on in Holland, Paris, and Barcelona,

and that's it's still daylight in London, Lisbon, and Madrid. The sun

is still shining on the Straight of Gibraltar. The Mediterranean Sea

is already in darkness.In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you can see

the AzoresIslands; below them to the right are the Madeira Islands;

a bit below are the CanaryIslands; and further south, close to the

farthest western point of Africa, are the Cape Verde Islands. Note that the

Sahara is huge and can be seen clearly both during daytime and nighttime.

To the left, on top, is Greenland, totally frozen. Fantastic photograph!
Yian
March 8th, 2003, 12:31 PM
This shot is pretty...
Bobz0r
March 8th, 2003, 04:05 PM
if it was bigger and hi-res, itd be my new wallpaper
DrLazy
March 8th, 2003, 04:53 PM
Beautifull picture. it's a shame what happened to those astronauts.
And you know your geography too. You got all the islands right.
:)
cr3am
March 8th, 2003, 07:32 PM
bluu, you go to b0g?
Ritz-101
March 8th, 2003, 07:49 PM
Im sorry to burst your bubble, but there is no way this picture could be real. First of all, there are no clouds, there are almost always coulds in photographs from space, and this picture covers a very large chunk of sky. Second, you can see the bottom of the ocean. You cant see, no mater how hard you try, the mid-atlantic ridge from space, or from anywhere excepting a submarine. Third, unless they planted the tulip fields in Holland with lightbulbs, there is no way there could be that much more in Holland than there is in France, right beneath it. Also, the lights of Paris must be a fabrication, becuase a city cant produce that much light in daylight. I dont have anything against the great sacrifece the astronauts made, but i just noticed these things and thought I would point them out...
Bobz0r
March 8th, 2003, 07:50 PM
might i add that you suck?


i liked my bubble
Ritz-101
March 8th, 2003, 07:51 PM
Actually, now that I think of it, it looks like someone photoshoped a picture from an atlas
Smapdey
March 8th, 2003, 10:01 PM
I think he has a point... It does look fake. The only way to verify it is if you went back and looked at a weather map on the day it was taken to see the cloud formations.

The Atlantic looks too small, iceland is way too close.
NuclearWhale
March 8th, 2003, 10:34 PM
Still cool looking none the less.
Bluu
March 9th, 2003, 11:38 AM
Hey guys...I just got this in the mail and I thot i'll share it with you...i had nothing to do with the geography...and im not claiming any fame...i just felt very sad for the astronauts and maybe this was a fitting picture to put up...i'm sorry u all didn't like it...
Yian
March 9th, 2003, 12:33 PM
I think it's real...?
|)U(|(0F|)3@TH
March 9th, 2003, 01:18 PM
It's fake. Pretty, though.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/sunset.asp
Yian
March 10th, 2003, 06:22 AM
Originally posted by |)U(|(0F|)3@TH
It's fake. Pretty, though.

OMG! That website is great! Too bad it is a fake photo... still cool, though.
JerraMaya
March 10th, 2003, 01:01 PM
it maybe fake but its nice to look at :D