FROM THE TAKE 5 PHOTO GALLERY
THE LIGHTS OF EARTH AT NIGHT
Our world at night as seen from outer space
(courtesy of NASA)
All images were optimized to speed loading. Samples on this page were optimized again.
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NORTH AMERICA AT NIGHT - Includes Central America and the Caribbean. Portion of "Entire Earth" image below. (Takes about 12 seconds to load with 28.8 modem.)
The sample portion to the left is the entire US West Coast: WA, OR, CA and almost to Denver.
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GREATER EUROPE - Includes Scandinavia and North Africa. Portion of "Entire Earth" image below. (Takes about 11 seconds to load with a 28.8 modem.)
The sample portion to the left is Italy and a portion of North Africa.
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THE ENTIRE EARTH - Cropped slightly from the smaller NASA version and optimized, it is still about 18Kb and may take 10 or seconds to load with a 28.8 modem but well worth the wait.
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THE FULL, ORIGINAL NASA PHOTO - At the NASA site, it is 8.24Mgs in size so be prepared for some extra time to download.
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