Night time Sat Photo of Korean Peninsula

[pjc]

This is a night time satellite photo of the Korean peninsula. One half is a capitalist country and the other half is a communist country. Can you guess which is which?

Take your time.

http://offtopic.kimcm.dk/Images/KoreaByNight.jpg

[Laurie]

Wow, I assume North Korea is Still communist.

[pdailey]

Frickin commies!!!!

[Infidel Racing Team]

On the bright side (no pun intended) there must be great skies for Astronomy enthusiasts. But I don't think anyone can afford a telescope over there.

[glamisrnr]

I like how there is one really bright light and no other ones.

[R_TAYLOR]

That one bright light is the Democratic er I mean commie headquarters.

[pdailey]

That one bright light is the Democratic er I mean commie headquarters.

Kim Jong Il's garage maybe......


HEEERROOOWWWWW.....



YouTube - Team America's Kim Jong-Il, I am so Roanree Tonight!

[pappawheely]

Just think of the positive influence North Korea is having on global warming though. They are definately setting a good example. Someday America may look like this too if the Democrats have their way.

[Mike @ pit b]

Isn't that pic from Dateline when they go into a hotel room with a blacklight???

[JENN]

North Korea is still communist... South not so much. I have a friend who is from South Korea and can not stand North Korea he says they're "two countries".

[BGRANT]

Isn't that pic from Dateline when they go into a hotel room with a blacklight???

Looks like a scene from CSI!

[Mike @ pit b]

Hey pjc do you have on of China. They're Commies too. I wonder what they look like.

[pappawheely]

Hey pjc do you have on of China. They're Commies too. I wonder what they look like.

You can't see the lights through the smog and global warming gases. :D

[DSRacing]

Hey pjc do you have on of China. They're Commies too. I wonder what they look like.

None specifically of China, but here's the whole globe.

http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov//1438/earth_lights_lrg.jpg

[C flips]

Was stationed in Korea for a year many years ago. Nothing worse than being on a bus filled with locals and choking from the smell of Kimchi emanating from their pores. But then again the rice patties were fertilized with human and animal waste. Summer is not a good time to go to Korea.

[DSRacing]

Looks like a scene from CSI!

YouTube - Funny CSI Spoof - Ultraviolet Light Test

[Infidel Racing Team]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0208/earthlights02_dmsp_big.jpg

[pdailey]

That's pretty cool!

[Mike @ pit b]

That's way cool. Not a whole lot up in Alaska, but when it averages out three acres to a person, there wouldn't be.

I'm not sure if it's three acres or not but it's close.

[Dempkowski Motorsports]

the east coast sure is lit up! gEEZZ!

[TreyP]

Interesting how the NASA photo shows plenty of lights on in North Korea.

[Dezert Edge Racing]

Interesting how the NASA photo shows plenty of lights on in North Korea. But pjc's shows almost zero....hmmmmm. I say fake photoshop piece used for lame propaganda. But what else is new.:rolleyes:

you have to kinda have to scroll to the right and look.... :rolleyes: i dunno bout you, but i see a blank spot where North Korea was last located....


NICK

[TreyP]

you have to kinda have to scroll to the right and look.... :rolleyes: i dunno bout you, but i see a blank spot where North Korea was last located....


NICK

But not as dark as the OP pic.;)

[Infidel Racing Team]

Interesting how the NASA photo shows plenty of lights on in North Korea.

Trey, I hate to come to PJC defense but pictures can vary depending on the conditions they were taken.

I concur NASA's N. Korea's picture has at least 4 small cities lit, but still pales in comparison to S. Korea.

Ironically, the city of Tucson has a city ordinance to reduce light pollution due to the proximity of Kitt peak Observatory.....It leads the world on Light pollution laws.

So, in the future the more civilized you are you will use your light sources better, I guess in a way N. Korea has sat on the bench during the whole game:D

[TreyP]

Actually the facts of the picture are this:

The regime in the north is so short of electricity that the whole country is switched off at 9 p.m. - apart from the capital of Pyongyang where dictator Kim Jong-il and his cohorts live in relative luxury. But even there, lighting is drastically reduced.

It's a simple case of another dictatorship running a country into the ground.

[MALIBLOC]

back in the day my sister went to Seoul for Olympic trials for track and field (this is back in right before 1988, and she said that they weren't aloud to take photos once they cross tover to N. Korea, she said it was completely the opposite of south korea.

Commie's

[pappawheely]

So why do liberals want to copy that system??

[Chase 2]

Now that's pretty good to get the entire earth at night all at the same time!! Nice composite photo.

[Ziggy]

Looks like 1 nuke would take care of all the leadership in the North.:D:D