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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
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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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To: petuniasevan
Ah ! Thanks. That has such a NICE condensed pic which illustrates so well . . .

2002 August 10
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From another thread, I really liked this quote and illustration of the N. Korea situation . . .

Mark Steyn (click below for entire article):

Take a look at a satellite picture of the peninsula by night: South Korea ablaze in electric light, the North in darkness. In Far East Asia, North Korea’s the hole in the doughnut.


North Korea at Night

21 posted on 03/05/2003 3:46:31 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: boris

22 posted on 03/05/2003 3:46:45 AM PST by petuniasevan (cogito, ergo spud: I think, therefore I yam...)
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To: MeeknMing
Meek, that's sad. :( I feel sorry for those people.
23 posted on 03/05/2003 4:00:18 AM PST by SpookBrat
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To: SpookBrat
Yep. They are being held hostage by their government. N.K. is part of the Axis of Evil. I'm not sure whether Bush will go for Iran or N.K. next ? . . .
24 posted on 03/05/2003 4:37:38 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: petuniasevan
who'da thunk utah has a lot of moose?

when i was at the u of u, in salt lake, we had them wander across campus in the winter. it was always entertaining to watch the campus police round em up and shoo em back to the canyon (moose drive!)
25 posted on 03/05/2003 5:04:41 AM PST by glock rocks (shoot fast. shoot straight. shoot safe. practice. carry. molon labe)
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To: petuniasevan
Good morning & thank you
26 posted on 03/05/2003 5:04:42 AM PST by firewalk
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To: petuniasevan
I got this one in the mail the other day:

Don't know if it is a single picture, or several spliced together...

27 posted on 03/05/2003 7:40:26 AM PST by cdefreese
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To: MeeknMing; petuniasevan
That'll be North Korea ALL the time, if they don't wisen up...

'Love all the neat pics, esp. that "Earth at Night" shot which I have for my background image. And LOL on the new tag line, petunia ;^)
28 posted on 03/05/2003 9:06:40 AM PST by mikrofon (Pax Americana)
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To: mikrofon
Yep !

Thanks for pointing that out regarding her tag line. "Cogito ergo spud...", ROFL !!

29 posted on 03/05/2003 9:50:16 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: petuniasevan
Very interesting. Thanks for the ping.
30 posted on 03/05/2003 1:15:25 PM PST by sistergoldenhair (Don't be a sheep. People hate sheep. They eat sheep.)
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To: petuniasevan
bump
31 posted on 03/05/2003 6:14:33 PM PST by MozartLover
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