[Phys-L] Better late than never. Was: Re: Aprill 2002 PHYSICS TODAY cover

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

On 2002, Apr 05, , at 14:29, Fakhruddin, Hasanbhai <hfakhrud@BSU.EDU> wrote:

> Yes Tim, I was surprised too.  My guess is it is due to both the facto=
> rs
> you have mentioned - large population as well as most developed among
> the developing nations.  However, electricity is not very reliable
> except in few big cities.  There are chronic power outages in smaller
> towns and villages.
>
> Other interesting features I found in this remarkable picture are:
>
> - Marked contrast between South and North Korea
> - African continent mostly dark
> - Nile river in Egypt is illuminated (population mostly along the Nil=
> e
> river)
> - Vast portion of China is dark

Vast portions of china are desert and mountains.  

Tho I suspect some (much) of the dark regions will now be bright.  Elec. production is and has been exponentially increasing.  

Big county, big population not uniformly ….


> -Hasan Fakhruddin


Original URl 404’d.  Here’s a recent one showing another big country w/ vast dim regions.

Night Lights 2012 - Flat map : Natural Hazards  


http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79765&src=ve  

bc, decluttering his 23.9k letters