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Photo of the Moment: The Night Lights of the United States (from Space)

by Mike Richard

A little something different …

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Vagabondish editor, Mike Richard, lives in Rhode Island - a spit of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person.

Dave
September 21st, 2009

Great photo – if only a little disconcerting. All that light pollution we emit. Canada looks like North Korea by comparison.

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Anders
September 21st, 2009

Why is this crop better than the original picture showing the whole world?
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html

Scott
September 21st, 2009

I think the shape of the lights going into Canada is the most interesting aspect of this photo. It seems like an arrow pointing into the Canadian Rockies and British Columbia.