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The United States at Night April-Oct 2012
NASA ^ | 12/6/2012 | NASA

Posted on 12/05/2012 7:13:07 PM PST by Dallas59



This image of the continental United States at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. The image was made possible by the satellite's "day-night band" of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights, gas flares, auroras, wildfires and reflected moonlight.

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TOPICS: Education; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: nasa; night; space; unitedstates
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To: posterchild
I wonder what that big cluster of light is in Saskatchewan...

I think the big cluster you're looking at (sort of an arrow pointing to the NE) is Edmonton, then you can go SSW through Red Deer to Calgary. A few hundred miles east of Red Deer is Saskatoon, and SE of that is Regina (rhymes with ...).

21 posted on 12/05/2012 8:39:52 PM PST by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: Dallas59

All the white dots are clusters of liberals.


22 posted on 12/05/2012 8:43:33 PM PST by lwoodham (I am Andrew Breitbart. Don't doubt me on this.)
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To: AZLiberty

I think Edmonchuk is a bit more west than what I’m seeing. I think Edmonton/RedDeer/Calgary/etc is the 2 dots with a sharp vertical line even west of SLC. The spot I am referring to is about the same latitude as Edmonton but even a bit east of Denver. It’s a bit diffuse but about the size of Chicago. weird.


23 posted on 12/05/2012 8:53:08 PM PST by posterchild (Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return.)
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To: posterchild

Actually, now that I’ve bothered to locate Seattle/vancouver, it appears that the spot I am referring to is equidistant between what I think is Calgary and Minneapolis.


24 posted on 12/05/2012 9:00:46 PM PST by posterchild (Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return.)
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To: posterchild; Dallas59

Thanks, I noticed that also. The line is about 96 degrees West longitude.


25 posted on 12/05/2012 9:06:25 PM PST by thecodont
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To: Dallas59

The most interesting thing I noticed was the large bright area in western North Dakota and eastern Montana. Looks like the Bakken oil fields are really booming.


26 posted on 12/05/2012 9:06:33 PM PST by eggman (End the Obama occupation of the White House!)
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To: posterchild

I believe that is the Bakken oil fields. It looks like Regina is the small spot just north of there.


27 posted on 12/05/2012 9:09:40 PM PST by eggman (End the Obama occupation of the White House!)
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To: plsjr

bookmarked


28 posted on 12/05/2012 9:19:45 PM PST by plsjr (<>< ... HIS will be done! (choose a "lesser evil"? NEVER AGAIN))
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To: SunkenCiv

/mark


29 posted on 12/05/2012 10:34:08 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Michael.SF.

Jimmmie Dale Gilmore bump.


30 posted on 12/05/2012 10:37:53 PM PST by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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To: ichabod1
I became familiar with the song from Joe Ely's version and only later heard Jimmie Dale Gilmore's version.

Same song, but the two versions are so different, yet both very enjoyable. Jimme Dale is awesome. Including this one: Mack the Knife>/a>

Not for every one, ut one that keeps in mind the Lotte Lenia version.

32 posted on 12/05/2012 11:35:41 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Obama lied, Stevens died.)
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To: Dallas59
Before and after shots of Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy. Nearly 200,000 people lost power in downtown Manhattan for about a week.


33 posted on 12/05/2012 11:50:21 PM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: JoeProBono

34 posted on 12/05/2012 11:52:55 PM PST by txhurl (Zero on America: Drive it like you stole it)
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To: Dallas59

Would like to see night photos October 29, 30, 31st after Sandy.


35 posted on 12/06/2012 2:31:29 AM PST by SMGFan (SMGfan is not "Sub Machine Gun" fan)
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To: SMGFan

#33 shows NYC ..B4 and after


36 posted on 12/06/2012 5:32:12 AM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: SMGFan

http://wgna.com/photos-of-nyc-east-coast-at-night-before-and-after-sandy/


37 posted on 12/06/2012 5:37:17 AM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: JoeProBono
New York's Power Outages Offered Rare Stargazing Opportunity of the Milky Way..

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38 posted on 12/06/2012 5:42:35 AM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: Daffynition

39 posted on 12/06/2012 5:52:27 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

40 posted on 12/06/2012 9:24:20 AM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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