Columbia's Last Shot?


	Columbia's Last Shot?

Jaycer17

9-19-2007 11:56 AM

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photography, photo, space, geography

Jaycer17 says:

Don't know if it's really Columbia's last picture, but it's stunning nonetheless.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bf3760b5-94ee-44d0-ae5e-82d1c57796ed/03FF351D-7209-488E-BD12-DA143A994268/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dcnr.nv.gov/graphic/sunset03.htm" href="http://dcnr.nv.gov/graphic/sunset03.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">dcnr.nv.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dcnr.nv.gov/graphic/sunset03.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><TD><FONT size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#ffffff">
<H3>Photo -- Taken by the crew of the Columbia during the last mission</H3><DIV>
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<B><FONT size="5" face="'Times New Roman',Times,serif">T</FONT>he picture is of Europe and Africa when the sun is setting -- half of the picture is in night. </B>
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The bright dots you see are the cities lights.  The top part of Africa is the Sahara Desert.  Note how the lights are already on in Holland, Paris, and Barcelona, and how it's still daylight in London, Lisbon, and Madrid. The sun is still shining on the Straight of Gibraltar, and the Mediterranean Sea is already in darkness.
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In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you can see the Azores Islands; below them to the right are the Madeira Islands; a bit below are the Canary Islands; and further south, close to the farthest western point of Africa, the Cape Verde Islands. Note how the Sahara is huge and can be seen clearly both during daytime and nighttime. To the left, on top, is Greenland, totally frozen.</FONT>
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