Astronomy Picture of the Day -- USA's Northeast Megalopolis from Space

NASA ^ | February 24, 2016 | (see photo credit)

[SunkenCiv]

Explanation: Can you identify a familiar area in the northeast USA just from nighttime lights? It might be possible because many major cities are visible, including (right to left) New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond and Norfolk -- Boston of the USA's Northeast megalopolis is not pictured. The featured image was taken in 2012 from the International Space Station. In the foreground are two Russian cargo ships with prominent solar panels. This Northeast megalopolis of the USA contains almost 20 percent of the people of the USA but only about 2 percent of the land area. Also known also as the Northeast Corridor and part of the Eastern Seaboard, about 10 percent of the world's largest companies are headquartered here. The near continuity of the lights seem to add credence to the 1960s-era prediction that the entire stretch is evolving into one continuous city.

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[Credit and Copyright: NASA, International Space Station]

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[ETL]

Great shot.

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[knarf]

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[exDemMom]

Ugh, no wonder the traffic in the Balto/DC region is always so bad. It looks like NY is even worse.

[SunkenCiv]

Sure, but the Borg are going back in time and prevent First Contact...

[Daffynition]

Dang! I left the porch light on again!

[left that other site]

I can see my house! :-)

[Red Badger]

The Korean Peninsula......Notice something missing?

[ETL]

Liberty and prosperity? (no lights throughout most of communist NK)

[Lurker]

The Norks are hiding from space aliens, that’s all.

[Red Badger]

Liberty and prosperity?.........China is well lit..............

[Red Badger]

Then they’re hiding in a Black Hole....................

[ETL]

Well, there’s at least some L&P there, compared to NK.

[TXnMA]

OK.

Who washed your brain -- with Kool-Aid?