Where the people live (map)

[htom]

OK, this probably belongs in non-boat-bilge, but it's too cute to pass up and it is about people and places. One of my "daily links" is Astronomy Picture of the Day, and today's link is a map of the planet, showing the world population. Click on the graphic for a much larger version of the graphic; white is <2 humans / sq KM, the bright purple is >500.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/

If you come upon this after today, you'll have to use the links to go backwards to find the map.

[Ian McColgin]

What we need is for Donn or one of the computercreative types to modify a world map with marks for all our home ports.

All ya gotta do is . . .

[Alan D. Hyde]

Makes Oz, and Alaska, look pretty good, doesn't it?

Alan

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

I like this image best it says it all.

Who forgot to pay the electricity bill up in Canukistan, Oz or Africa

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/images/lights/earth_lights.jpg

[Rancocas]

CUTE! I find it disgusting. Looks like cancer on the globe.
It has been reported that Daniel Boone, upon discovering that he had neighbors residing about 20 miles from his place, said; "It's time to move. It's getting too crowded around here."
It seems that the only places left on earth for a man who likes his solitude are either bitter cold, or blazing hot desert.
I could be a happy man if it wasn't for the crush of humanity. I'de be gone someplace remote right now if I didn't have family obligations. Frankly, I'm glad that I won't be around in another 20 years or so.

[John B]

I can see that I have my light on in that pic Joe. and my sister in law 400 miles south has hers on.

[Wild Wassa]

In a doco on what it's like to be a Tasmanian Australian (last night on TV), a person said, "we seem to have lived in isolation for so long that if someone enters your space, like, if we see a boat out on the water, you think what's that boat doing there, or you see someone at the other end of the beach, you think it's time to leave because it's crowded"

She said it tongue in cheek, but it's what isolation does to you.

[ 03-05-2003, 11:03 PM: Message edited by: Wild Wassa ]

[mmd]

Joe, we didn't forget to pay the power bill. It's just that we aren't afraid of the dark.

[Garrett Lowell]

mmd, you must mean you have a low crime rate up there smile.gif

[blaydone]

Incredible amount of night-time in that picture!

[Dave Hadfield]

It must've been taken during an eclipse!

[Mrleft8]

too many people..... no doubt about it..... now the question is.... who gets to stay, and who must go...?

[Bruce Hooke]

Originally posted by Rancocas:
...It seems that the only places left on earth for a man who likes his solitude are either bitter cold, or blazing hot desert.
You forgot about one other kind of place where there is quite a bit of solitude to be found -- places where there's lots and lots of water and no land anywhere nearby! Get going on building that blue-water boat!

Actually, there are also many places in the high plains region of the USA where the population density is mighty thin as well. And while it can be hot there in the summer and cold in the winter it's not exactly the end of the planet as far as climate goes!

BTW: Here's the picture --
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0303/peopleearth94_usda.jpg

And here's a link to the page it's now on:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030305.html

[ 03-06-2003, 02:15 PM: Message edited by: Bruce Hooke ]

[Wild Dingo]

Ive always wondered you know... about why people keep perpetrating that flamin lie about the earth bein round??!! I mean this aint round!! and I mean everywhere is dark at the same time??!! :rolleyes:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/images/lights/earth_lights.jpg

Tha worlds FLAT as a pancake I tells yer!!! ...Okay Mr smartass Theworldisround Geography lesson teacher whose name escapes me cause I only took yer class for all of 10 minutes cause yer lied lissen up sport!!!... Yer wrong!!

I was right that first morning you came into the room on our first geography lesson... you member? the one were you soooooo smartassed intellectually mindedly stated "In this class this year I will show you that the world is indeed round" ...and yer members how I stood up and walked to the door and tol yer that your full of roo dags and emus snot cause me uncle had taughted me that the world was flat"??

Well mate Im tellin yer now 32 years later... THAT YER WERE WRONG!! :mad: :D

Cause now yer probably in yer grave turnin like a top cause yer lifelong belief has been shown to be false and all them poor sods yer taught to follow yer so called "intellegent" mindset of a round world are now forever doomed to believe that its so... even in the face of such overwhelming PROOF as this photograph which cant be wrong... that its FLAT!! ...as... ahem :rolleyes: ... I said it was! :cool: neener neener Im right and yer wrong nah nah nahnah nah tongue.gif

[Bayboat]

Hey, Shane:
Look up the Flat Earth Society. There you'll find comfort and agreement. I see you have your light on in southwestern Oz.

[ 04-11-2003, 05:16 PM: Message edited by: Bayboat ]