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Beautiful satellite image from far above - check it...

Those pictures of nebula's and such amaze me, they never look real. They look just like paintings. It's amazing to think that something that looks like that is really up there. The picture of the Eagle Nebula is really cool too.
 
very nice also🙂
ive come across so many space related pics and thoughts. one of which has to do with our preparing Mars for Human Habitaion:Q
 
Nice, but that's not an actual picture, or collection of pictures. It's an image created by Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon of NASA. It is based on data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite, but it's not real. It's nice, but the world doesn't look quite that bright from space. Most of the light depicted in the image would, in reality, have to be enhanced in real photographs to be seen. And the vast majority is covered by clouds at any given time.

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<< Nice, but that's not an actual picture, or collection of pictures. It's an image created by Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon of NASA. It is based on data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite, but it's not real. It's nice, but the world doesn't look quite that bright from space. Most of the light depicted in the image would, in reality, have to be enhanced in real photographs to be seen. And the vast majority is covered by clouds at any given time.

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no way man - its real!...😉
that was like finding out that theres no Easter Bunny- sob-sob
 
Explanation from the site:

Explanation: This is what the United States of America looks like at night! Can you find your favorite US city on this image? Surprisingly, city lights make this task quite possible. The above picture is actually a composite of over 200 images made by satellites orbiting the Earth. Scans were made by the USAF Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System. The DMSP satellites continue to help in the understanding and prediction of weather phenomena as well as provide key information about population patterns, city light levels, and even rural forest fires.
 
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