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Astronomy Picture of the Day 3-05-03
NASA ^ | 3-05-03 | Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell

Posted on 03/04/2003 9:25:26 PM PST by petuniasevan

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2003 March 5
See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download
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Where People Live on Planet Earth
Credit: NRCS, USDA

Explanation: Where do people live on Planet Earth? Although people inhabit every continent, the highest population densities occur in Asia. Sparsely inhabited regions occur on virtually every continent, however, including the Sahara Desert in Africa, the Great White North of North America, the outback of Australia, the Amazon of South America, and the Himalayan Mountains of Asia. The above color-coded map was produced from populations estimates made for 1994, when the world population was about 5.5 billion. Current estimates place the world population at about 6.3 billion.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: africa; america; asia; australia; continent; demographics; density; earth; europe; image; north; population; south; world
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1 posted on 03/04/2003 9:25:26 PM PST by petuniasevan
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2 posted on 03/04/2003 9:29:03 PM PST by petuniasevan (cogito, ergo spud: I think, therefore I yam...)
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3 posted on 03/04/2003 9:29:08 PM PST by petuniasevan (cogito, ergo spud: I think, therefore I yam...)
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4 posted on 03/04/2003 9:29:08 PM PST by petuniasevan (cogito, ergo spud: I think, therefore I yam...)
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5 posted on 03/04/2003 9:29:13 PM PST by petuniasevan (cogito, ergo spud: I think, therefore I yam...)
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6 posted on 03/04/2003 9:29:20 PM PST by petuniasevan (cogito, ergo spud: I think, therefore I yam...)
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To: Admin Moderator
Whoa! I KNEW I shouldn't have downloaded those Critical Updates from Microsoft!

Mod, can you zot the extra pings 3 through 6? Thanks!
7 posted on 03/04/2003 9:31:52 PM PST by petuniasevan (Wonders of the Universe)
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To: petuniasevan
Quite a bad case of the hiccups there petuniasevan... I have heard a teaspoon of sugar will get rid of those for you. LOL

Interesting thread today!! Thank you.
8 posted on 03/04/2003 9:35:10 PM PST by trussell (No FReeping while sleeping)
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To: homeschool mama; SpookBrat
Thought you & the kidlets might enjoy this....
9 posted on 03/04/2003 9:58:18 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (PRAY for President Bush, our Country, our Military and your family)
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To: petuniasevan
Thanks for the ping. : )
10 posted on 03/04/2003 10:51:33 PM PST by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: petuniasevan
Cool. Do you have a map for Møøse?
11 posted on 03/05/2003 2:57:06 AM PST by boris
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To: Brad's Gramma
Amazing gramma. Thanks so much for the ping. I'm going to show the kids.
12 posted on 03/05/2003 3:23:01 AM PST by SpookBrat
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To: petuniasevan
Can you add me to your ping list? I FReep with kids in my lap and they would love your thread. I'll forget to come in here if left on my own. :) Thank you.
13 posted on 03/05/2003 3:23:59 AM PST by SpookBrat
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To: petuniasevan
Thanks. Here is another way to look at this . . .

The Earth at night in lights or a map of civilization

Your Opinion/Questions Miscellaneous Keywords: EARTH, NIGHT, LIGHTS
Source: NASA
Published: unknown Author: Satellite photos
Posted on 12/11/2000 06:16:36 PST by Jabba the Tutt

14 posted on 03/05/2003 3:27:41 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
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To: SpookBrat
Sure. Consider it done.

Thanks for visiting the APOD!

15 posted on 03/05/2003 3:28:56 AM PST by petuniasevan (Wonders of the Universe)
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To: SpookBrat
Mornin', my FRiend !! . . .
16 posted on 03/05/2003 3:28:58 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
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To: MeeknMing
Also a subject of APOD last August 10th.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/730765/posts


(Good morning Meek!)

17 posted on 03/05/2003 3:35:39 AM PST by petuniasevan (Wonders of the Universe)
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To: petuniasevan
You know, it is amazing that the U.S. now has a population of over 290,400,000. In 1940, the population was around l30,000,000. We boomed!
18 posted on 03/05/2003 3:36:39 AM PST by xJones
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To: MeeknMing
Hey! Are you following me? :)~ This is a great thread isn't it? Gotta get ready for the day. Have a good one. Can't wait to see you next week.
19 posted on 03/05/2003 3:37:45 AM PST by SpookBrat
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To: SpookBrat
LOL ! Petunia pings me to this thread. Today was special as I got several pings. She didn't want me to miss this one, lol !

I look forward to next week too ! Tell Tim "Howdy" for me ! . . .

20 posted on 03/05/2003 3:41:07 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
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