Originally posted by conkermaniac
Well, generally, when I arrive in NY, it's daytime, so I don't see any of those lights from the airplane. However, at nighttime, the city is beautiful even from the land. I do see lots of lights when I arrive in Shanghai, but not nearly as many as New York.
Originally posted by Jan
Marvellous how the whole world is in darkness at the same time huh?
I queried that when I first saw this a year or so ago. Seems they took a lot of pics at different intervals to create the big picture. :cool2:
Originally posted by DCI
Where from Ny do you stay?
Originally posted by Jan
Australia is close to the same size as USA, but very much lower population. We have wide open spaces and fresh air :biggrin2:
Don't underestimate this little island continentOriginally posted by conkermaniac
Close to the same size? I don't think it's ANYWHERE near. The US has Alaska, and that alone is 3/4 the size of Australia.
Location: Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean Geographic coordinates: 27 00 S, 133 00 E
Map references: Oceania
Area: total: 7,686,850 sq km
land: 7,617,930 sq km
water: 68,920 sq km
note: includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than the contiguous 48 states of the US