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Composite Of Earth At Night

Posted by michael on from the wallpaper dept.

crmartin writes "Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is an incredible composite image of Earth from space at night. Actually a composite from many pictures from the Defense Meteorological Satellites Program (DMSP), it's like a skeletal view of the Earth in tiny lights. If you really like it, there are hi-res images up to a 40 megabyte TIFF."

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  1. again? by ack154 · · Score: 1, Troll
    Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
    Hmm... looks very similar to something else I've seen...

    Actually, I made a wallpaper out of this once... of just North America anyways.