Re: [amsat-bb] Earth Image

["Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you look at the link included in the image, you'll get all the details
regarding how the image was produced, including the text

 "The above image is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures 
  made by the orbiting DMSP satellites."

It included a link to a page describing just what the DMSP satellites
are.

louie
wa3ymh

> Yea... its never "Night" anywhere but Tampa and we have no Sat's in the sky
> except to protect us from canes.  sheesh...  Of course the technology to
> patch
> the individual nights together is beyond us... perhaps its an artist's
> rendering...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sattler, Jay" <jay.sattler@eds.com>
> To: "'Michael Kingery'" <mkingery@ala.net>; "Amsat List"
> <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 5:42 AM
> Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Earth Image
> 
> 
> > Mike-
> > I think this is actually a thermal scan.  Unless somebody unplugged the
> Sun
> > (eclipse), I don't think it's possible for the whole Earth to be covered
> in
> > darkness.  It is a wonderful image though!!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Kingery [mailto:mkingery@ala.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 7:28 AM
> > To: Amsat List
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Earth Image
> >
> >
> > A friend sent me this link to a picture of the earth at night.
> >
> > http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
> >
> > 73 KE4AZN
> > Mike Kingery
> >
> >
> >
> >
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