6/8/2003: Earth at night from the north pole

Undertoad · 06-08-2003, 01:08 PM

A regular Cellar favorite is the "earth at night" image which showed up about two years ago or so. This is the same sort of thing, only from the perspective of the North Pole.

There's not much to say about it, except of course... there we all are on that big ball in space.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-08-2003, 01:40 PM

Japan is so bright! The reason is that single white dot on Alaska's north shore next to the lighter colored ice field. That's Prudhoe Bay.

Katkeeper · 06-08-2003, 06:23 PM

Totally fascinating.

Can we get an image from the South Pole??

Pie · 06-08-2003, 10:40 PM

Badger (my husband) is currently somewhere in that very bright swath of light known as Japan...

Was that star field simulated (or shot seperately and pasted in later?)
Can you point us to the source of that pic?

Thanks!

- Pie

Beletseri · 06-09-2003, 07:35 AM

Is this a composite image? It looks like everywhere is in darkness at once. How did that happen?

Undertoad · 06-09-2003, 07:56 AM

I don't know, I don't know and I don't know. Howzat for service!

Katkeeper · 06-09-2003, 09:47 AM

Okay. Okay. Okay.

So we are getting demanding...

Tanalia · 06-09-2003, 04:23 PM

Two clues that this isn't a "real" image; as pointed out, it's dark everywhere, and no storms/clouds anywhere.

This appears to be a reprocessing of the image known as "The Brilliant Earth" (there is a daytime counterpart "The Living Earth"). These images are composites of satellite photos chosen and blended to elliminate weather obscuration. The image is simply mapped onto a sphere and a view from the top shown.

I'm not sure about the background. There is a corresponding composite image called "The Starry Sky" which might have been similarly mapped, though it could be almost any simple starfield or even a set of randomly generated dots that "looks about right".

More info on the sources can be seen at http://livingearth.com

chrisinhouston · 06-10-2003, 09:29 AM

Along time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

gossard187 · 06-17-2003, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Katkeeper
Totally fascinating.

Can we get an image from the South Pole??

you got it.

from http://www.coolantarctica.com/

Katkeeper · 06-17-2003, 06:18 AM

Thanks! Interesting site also. I ended up buying a book

gossard187 · 06-18-2003, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Katkeeper
Thanks! Interesting site also. I ended up buying a book

No Problem! I came across that site randomly and remembered your comment. Though, actually I remembered it because I thought it was funny. Figured there wouldn't be one since there's not much to see down there at night

Katkeeper · 06-19-2003, 07:06 AM

And there wasn't much to see. But that in itself is interesting.

I had an art teacher in college who would not let us use the word interesting in describing a painting because it was too vague.

06-08-2003, 01:08 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/8/2003: Earth at night from the north pole A regular Cellar favorite is the "earth at night" image which showed up about two years ago or so. This is the same sort of thing, only from the perspective of the North Pole. There's not much to say about it, except of course... there we all are on that big ball in space.

06-08-2003, 01:40 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Japan is so bright! The reason is that single white dot on Alaska's north shore next to the lighter colored ice field. That's Prudhoe Bay. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-08-2003, 10:40 PM	#4
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Badger (my husband) is currently somewhere in that very bright swath of light known as Japan... Was that star field simulated (or shot seperately and pasted in later?) Can you point us to the source of that pic? Thanks! - Pie __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

06-08-2003, 06:23 PM	#3
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	Totally fascinating. Can we get an image from the South Pole??

06-09-2003, 07:35 AM	#5
Beletseri Yeah sez you Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 206	Is this a composite image? It looks like everywhere is in darkness at once. How did that happen?

06-09-2003, 07:56 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I don't know, I don't know and I don't know. Howzat for service!

06-09-2003, 09:47 AM	#7
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	Okay. Okay. Okay. So we are getting demanding...

06-09-2003, 04:23 PM	#8
Tanalia Casual Observer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SF Bay area Posts: 19	Two clues that this isn't a "real" image; as pointed out, it's dark everywhere, and no storms/clouds anywhere. This appears to be a reprocessing of the image known as "The Brilliant Earth" (there is a daytime counterpart "The Living Earth"). These images are composites of satellite photos chosen and blended to elliminate weather obscuration. The image is simply mapped onto a sphere and a view from the top shown. I'm not sure about the background. There is a corresponding composite image called "The Starry Sky" which might have been similarly mapped, though it could be almost any simple starfield or even a set of randomly generated dots that "looks about right". More info on the sources can be seen at http://livingearth.com

06-10-2003, 09:29 AM	#9
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Along time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

06-17-2003, 06:18 AM	#11
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	Thanks! Interesting site also. I ended up buying a book

06-19-2003, 07:06 AM	#13
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	And there wasn't much to see. But that in itself is interesting. I had an art teacher in college who would not let us use the word interesting in describing a painting because it was too vague.

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