CITY OF THE WORLD IN 10 DAYS NIGHT

Source : Selalu Ada (Lintas Berita). Starting from a favorite activity of astronauts and cosmonauts board the International Space Station is to see the city lights below when crossing the dark side of earth stations. Densest population center line lights and coastline, and forms a cultural patterns that characterized the nation on its culture.

• Tokyo, Japan ; the cities from different regions of the Earth are also identified by differences in their nighttime lights. Japanese cities have light blue-green light than other regions of the world. More recent developments along the shore of Tokyo Bay is characterized by orange sodium vapor lamps, while most urban areas have a light green mercury vapor lamps.

• Seoul, Korea ; This photo illustrates the urban areas in Seoul at night. The main highway and river basins (such as the Han River), which clearly outlined by the street lamp, while the bright lights show downtown city core (in the middle picture) and a large industrial complex. One complex is situated on the edge of the left image and occupies an island in the Yellow Sea. Dark areas on the picture is the mountains or the watery areas. Nighttime images have been used extensively in urban and climate research to map urban growth rate in urban areas (light) versus rural (dark).

• London, England ; night view in the British capital offers a unique charm to the urban density and infrastructure, as highlighted by electric light. Bright areas in the interpret as the most crowded, the population density of urban centers seen from the light until it reaches about one orbital.

• Chicago, Illinois ; Chicago, Illinois is home to around three million people, but in the wider metropolitan area includes nearly 10 million people. At night, in the territory of the region's 10 million people can not be seen. This picture was taken on October 7, 2003, with 50 mm lens.

• US / Mexico Border ; Border cities like Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, illustrate different sides of the same pattern of other cities, shows the influence of culture on the development and growth of cities and infrastructure. Ciudad Juarez, a population of at least 1.3 million people. On the U.S. side of the Rio Grande, El Paso is marked with a light on Interstate Highway I-10 that cuts the city. Although the El Paso area, with an estimated population of slightly more than 600,000 is roughly the area of Ciudad Juarez, the density of settlement evidenced by the distribution of light which is much smaller.

• Jeddah and Mecca, Saudi Arabia ; The rapid growth in Jeddah and Mecca, Saudi Arabia can be mapped from the lighting pattern, and the road linking Jeddah and Mecca consists of a bright light around the dark desert.

• Long Beach, California ; Orange sodium vapor lights illuminate the port facilities of Long Beach, California, illuminating the operation of this port day and night, this port is one of the busiest commercial cargo port in the world. This picture was taken on February 4, 2008, using 400-mm lens, providing superior resolution.

• Antwerp, Belgium ; From the geographic perspective, cities at night presents a different story about a region. City lights provide sharp boundaries that indicate the densest concentration of population, characteristics that have been used to assess the effect of urbanization on terrestrial ecosystems. Details of increases from the city lights are available from astronaut photography can help improve the urban boundaries defined from satellite data.

• Sao Paulo, Brazil ; figure shows traces of the city of Sao Paulo is formed from Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America's largest city with about 17 million people. Different colors (pink, white, and gray) define the type and generation of street lights. Port of Santos, on the right side of the photograph, is also explained by the lamp.

• Montreal, Kanada