The Edge of Night

kit · Mar 06, 2003, 12:49 AM

Cool photo of night falling across Africa and approaching England.

jbourke · Mar 06, 2003, 01:13 AM

That must be a composite or a rendering of some kind. Not a satellite photo.

Very pretty, though.

Jim

Paul Susbauer · Mar 06, 2003, 03:36 AM

That is so weird to see this online here since I saw that photo on the desktop of a friends computer the other day.

--Paul

DaveSawers · Mar 06, 2003, 09:12 AM

If you liked that, go to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/default.stm# and click on the "Earth Year" link to see some pictures from Envisat.

Karl B² · Mar 06, 2003, 09:45 AM

I've seen this one on RC Groups somewhere, maybe aerial photography. Another telling reason it's a composite/artwork as opposed to a simple photo is the fact that the ocean depths are properly shaded.

The night view on the righthand side looks to be adapted from the night view of the earth composite that was circulating around. Gonna look to see if there are any larger versions of this.

Karl

martin richards · Mar 06, 2003, 10:14 AM

It also lets you see that the Viking or supposed Irish monks' route to N. America (Scandinavia/Ireland, Faroes, Iceland, Greenland) didn't take them too far from land. Still rather them than me

Mar 06, 2003, 12:49 AM	#1
kit Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: USA Posts: 534	The Edge of Night Cool photo of night falling across Africa and approaching England. Attached Thumbnails 35.8 KB · Views: 165

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Fancy Foam Edge Night Flyer	MadMan	Foamies (Kits)	2	Aug 30, 2004 02:20 AM

Mar 06, 2003, 01:13 AM	#2
jbourke Administrator Join Date: Nov 1998 Location: Corvallis, Oregon, United States Posts: 4,419	That must be a composite or a rendering of some kind. Not a satellite photo. Very pretty, though. Jim

Mar 06, 2003, 03:36 AM	#3
Paul Susbauer Certified Hirobo Nut Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Spokane... Posts: 4,326	That is so weird to see this online here since I saw that photo on the desktop of a friends computer the other day. --Paul

Mar 06, 2003, 09:12 AM	#4
DaveSawers Registered User Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Bragg Creek, Alberta, Canada Posts: 3,529	If you liked that, go to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/default.stm# and click on the "Earth Year" link to see some pictures from Envisat.

Mar 06, 2003, 09:45 AM	#5
Karl B² half fast Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Western Wisconsin, USA Posts: 4,253	I've seen this one on RC Groups somewhere, maybe aerial photography. Another telling reason it's a composite/artwork as opposed to a simple photo is the fact that the ocean depths are properly shaded. The night view on the righthand side looks to be adapted from the night view of the earth composite that was circulating around. Gonna look to see if there are any larger versions of this. Karl

Mar 06, 2003, 10:14 AM	#6
martin richards Useful Idiot Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Asturias, Spain Posts: 2,663	It also lets you see that the Viking or supposed Irish monks' route to N. America (Scandinavia/Ireland, Faroes, Iceland, Greenland) didn't take them too far from land. Still rather them than me