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reynardo ([personal profile] reynardo) wrote2012-12-08 05:45 pm
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WTF, NASA?

Who has seen the image of the Earth from space, at night? The latest edition is here.

Here's a clipping I've just made, of Australia.

Australia at night

Click on it or here for the really weird bit.

Here's the bigger picture. Australia at night annotated

There's no-one in the centre of Australia. That is - there's almost no-one. According to Wikipedia, almost 75% of all Australians live in the cities or coastal areas.

That ain't the big lit-up bit on the left.

NASA are claiming it's wildfires, but here's a look at the area or somewhere similar:

outback

You'd have a lot of trouble getting that lot to stay alight, let alone to show the sort of light that's in the photo.

So...

Did NASA make a boo boo of epic proportions (to us, anyway), or is that where the secret Boat People camps are, or is it a US Military secret like 100 Pine Gaps except bigger?

[identity profile] freyaw.livejournal.com 2012-12-09 10:53 am (UTC)(link)
I want to know what's making so much light at or near Peterborough. And why Whyalla/Port Augusta/Port Pirie is so dim. I mean, if Ceduna registers...