GEN: World Population from Space Website

[Marcia Dressel <dressel@OSCEOLA.K12.WI.US>]

Check the link below...It's really a sight to behold! "
  The image is a panoramic view of the world from the new space
  station. It is a night photo with the lights clearly indicating the
populated areas.
You can scroll East-West and North-South. Note that Canada's
  population is almost exclusively along the U.S. border. Moving east to
  Europe, there is a high population concentration along the Mediterranean
  Coast. It's easy to spot London, Paris, Stockholm and Vienna. Check out
  the development of Israel compared to the rest of the Arab countries.
  "Note the Nile River and the rest of the "Dark Continent." After the
  Nile, the lights don't come on again until Johannesburg. Look at the
  Australian Outback and the Trans-Siberian Rail Route. Moving east, the
  most striking observation is the difference between North and South
  Korea.
Note the density of Japan. "What a piece of photography. It is an
  absolutely awesome picture of the Earth taken from the Boeing built Space
Station last November on a perfect night with no obscuring atmospheric
  conditions."
  Click here: It takes a little while to down load but it is worth
  it....

  Click here:
  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg

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