January 6, 2003
EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY, DON'T IT?:
North Korea is Dark (GlobalSecurity.org)South Korea is bright, North Korea is dark. This amazing image was made by the orbiting Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite over regions of the world at night.
Follow the link above to see an illustration of the adage: A picture is worth a thousand words. Posted by Orrin Judd at January 6, 2003 3:52 PM
Forgive my scepticism, but why is China black, too? And why is this the only country on the Global Security web site with this sort of map?
I realize that urbanledgends.com wont' give a thumbs up or down here, but...
I don't know but John Pike has always been very anti-military. Hard to believe he'd proagandize against the North Koreans.
Posted by: oj at January 6, 2003 10:19 PMcheck the Astronomy Picture of the Day for 8/10/02 -
">http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020810.html
and the large scale image they send you to at
">http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/earth_lights_lrg.jpg
Also, the registration is wrong, what are all those lights out in the ocean? The pictures "-" linked to are much better.
Posted by: pj at January 7, 2003 2:16 AMNo wonder they call Africa the Dark Continent.
Posted by: oj at January 7, 2003 7:26 AMpj: The lights in the ocean are called "islands."
Bill, western China consists of the Gobi Desert, the Takia Makan Desert, Tibet, the Himalayas and three other mountain ranges. Not exactly prime areas for development.