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[quote="Robin Kaminski" post_id=282120 time=1525536219]

Why is the Nile itself lit up? [/quote]

It's not. Just the riverbanks are lit up. ;-) [/quote]
:arrow: [url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GreatBend/]The Great Bend of the Nile[/url]

[quote="Robin Kaminski" post_id=282120 time=1525536219]
Why is the Nile itself lit up?
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It's not. Just the riverbanks are lit up. ;-)

[quote="Robin Kaminski" post_id=282120 time=1525536219]
Why is the Nile itself lit up?
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Well, aside from the obvious answer that modern humans live there, here is a link to some photos of all the riverfront development. https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=nile%20at%20night

Why is the Nile itself lit up?

[quote=Pilgrim44 post_id=281508 time=1523641893]
I'm curious about the brightness of city lights in this time lapse video. From ISS to the unaided eye would the city lights appear close to the brightness shown or is the brightness enhanced by the camera?
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The camera at the exposure used is more sensitive than the eye. This makes the city lights, auroras, and other features appear brighter and more colorful than they would to the eye alone, although not by a huge factor.

I'm curious about the brightness of city lights in this time lapse video. From ISS to the unaided eye would the city lights appear close to the brightness shown or is the brightness enhanced by the camera?

I'm curious about the brightness of city lights in this time lapse video. From ISS to the unaided eye would the city lights appear close to the brightness shown or is the brightness enhanced by the camera?

[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180312.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_180312.jpg[/img] [size=150]Flying over the Earth at Night II[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] What would it be like to orbit the Earth? The [url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html]International Space Station[/url] (ISS) does this every 90 minutes, and sometimes the astronauts on board [url=https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/BeyondThePhotography/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/]take image sequences[/url] that are [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130331.html]made into videos[/url]. The [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIqG42AD4Gw]featured time-lapse video[/url] shows many visual spectacles of the [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170709.html]dark Earth[/url] below. First, as the video begins, [url=https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02mar_aurorasunderfoot/]green and red auroras[/url] are visible on the upper left above white clouds. Soon city lights come into view, and it [url=https://s-i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/270682/slide_270682_1898640_free.jpg]becomes clear[/url] you are flying over [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America]North America[/url], eventually passing over [url=https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/space-stations-view-of-florida-at-night]Florida[/url]. In the second sequence you fly over [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe]Europe[/url] and [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa]Africa[/url], eventually passing over the [url=https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1923.html]Nile River[/url]. Brief flashes of light are [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120723.html]lightning[/url] in [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170716.html]storms[/url]. Stars far in the distance can be seen rising through the [url=https://theconversation.com/beautiful-green-airglow-spotted-by-aurora-hunters-but-what-is-it-68188]greenish-gold glow[/url] of the [url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/463940main_atmosphere-layers2_full.jpg]Earth's atmosphere[/url].


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