“This stunning image of the Earth’s lights was created with data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS). Note the color-coded key in the lower right corner: White for city lights, green for natural gas flames, red for wildfires, and blue for fishing fleet lights.” Read more here. “It can’t be! Can it?  All those wildfires?  Clearly most of us know very little about what really is going on around the Earth.” - global-culture /via: theatlantic : global-culture
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“This stunning image of the Earth’s lights was created with data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS). Note the color-coded key in the lower right corner: White for city lights, green for natural gas flames, red for wildfires, and blue for fishing fleet lights.” Read more here.

“It can’t be! Can it?  All those wildfires?  Clearly most of us know very little about what really is going on around the Earth.” - global-culture

/via: theatlantic : global-culture

Source: The Atlantic

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    Notice how it’s Western Europe and the USA that are all aglow, closely followed by Japan?
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    i always get goosebumps when looking at this
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    wildfires is absolutely shocking. It also makes me wonder just how dense your shipping fleet has to be to show up...
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    Simultaneously creepy
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