Mark Posted 14 August 2005 Posted 14 August 2005 The photograph attached was taken by the crew on board the Columbia during its last mission, 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 Dublin, London, Lisbon, and Madrid. The sun is still shining on the Strait of Gibraltar. The Mediterranean Sea is already in darkness. In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you can see the Azores Islands; below them to the right are the Madeira Islands; a bit below are the Canary Islands; 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 night time To the left, on top, is Greenland, totally frozen.
Scarby Posted 14 August 2005 Posted 14 August 2005 That's amazing! 156559[/snapback] dito it most have been breath-taking to see that!!!
Daniel Posted 14 August 2005 Posted 14 August 2005 Just seen it again on another forum and the huge discussion. The picture is a fake. Since when is it really sunny in England and the middle of night in part of France?
cisono Posted 14 August 2005 Posted 14 August 2005 yeh looks good, bit too good to be real imo 156574[/snapback] I must agree with you there... for one thing, there is not even one little cloud on the whole of the British Isles!!! How likely is THAT?!?!!? :-)
john_lcfc Posted 14 August 2005 Posted 14 August 2005 i have been doing space/earth in Physics and 1/5 of the world is always in cloud according to our teacher so it cant be a single photo as there are no clouds still cool photo though
Hitesh Posted 15 August 2005 Posted 15 August 2005 Quality! Goddard: On a clear day, you can see Africa from Spain!
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