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Old 08-25-2003, 03:09 PM   #1
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A friend forwarded this NASA pic to me of the blackout:

Blackout from space
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Old 08-25-2003, 03:16 PM   #2
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looks neat, but are you sure it's authentic?
I mean the area is darker than any other non-populated area or even the sea.
Why is that?
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Old 08-25-2003, 03:26 PM   #3
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looks neat, but are you sure it's authentic?
I mean the area is darker than any other non-populated area or even the sea.
Why is that?
Nope, it's a fake. [img]smile.gif[/img] I saw the actual zoomed in sat images, and they don't look THAT bad. [img]smile.gif[/img] I'll try to find them and post them for ya!
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Old 08-25-2003, 03:27 PM   #4
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It's also not really accurate. Detroit, which was comfortably in the blackout area, shows up as illuminated...

I suspect some nicely thought out photo editing.
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Old 08-25-2003, 03:34 PM   #5
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bah! off to yell at my co-worker [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 08-25-2003, 03:35 PM   #6
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second time I've seen that one today, not even a good photoshop job (I'd have at least made the blackout area the right color black. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Here's some real ones:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s2015.htm
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Old 08-25-2003, 03:36 PM   #7
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bah! off to yell at my co-worker [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Sure blame him! [img]tongue.gif[/img] Even though it's fake it's a cool picture. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Old 08-25-2003, 03:44 PM   #8
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Here are the REAL and official images from NOAA:


20 Hours BEFORE the blackout:




7 Hours AFTER blackout:



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