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Satellite Views of Planet Earth

Sandstorm moving from North Africa toward Canary Island in the Atlantic Ocean

Gibraltar Straits

Night arriving betweenEurope and Africa

The Swiss Alps

Iceland

The Black Sea

The Red Sea

Planet Earth in the Middle of the Universe at Night

The following slides aresatellite photos of Europe and Africa

at night after a cloudless day.

Lights are already on in Paris & Barcelona but not in London, Lisbon or Madrid, where

it is still daylight.

You can see the Azores in the middle of the ocean. A little below Madeira and

further you can see the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.

You can observe the continent platforms from the British Isles to Canada and Iceland

in the middle.

France

Iceland

Italy

Continental

PlatformEngland

ÁFRICA

Already night time here.

Spain

Atlantic

Ocean

Cabo Verde Island

Canary Islands

Islas de la Madera y Azores

Grande São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Belo Horizonte

Salvador

Atlantic Ocean

Brazilian Continental Platform.

NIGHTFALL IN BRAZIL

Grande São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Salvador

Recife

Fortaleza

Brasília

Goiânia

UberlândiaBelo Horizonte

Florianópolis

Night falls inthe USA

The biggest concentration of lights (from top to bottom) are the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington.

MiamiHouston

Dallas

Chicago

Still daylight in California

Puerto Rico

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