Dear Srimathy Krishna Priya :
Thanks very much for sending the beautiful picture
of
Darkness and light at the same time as seen
by
the crew of the Columbia Space craft
.
This is timely in the context of ongoing
discussions on
Thiruvegatam list : " Darkness is the absence of
light is
a violation of the basic laws of Physics " and "
The theory of
Darkness is the absence of something "
.
Thnak you again for such a lovely picture of
darkness and light
at the same time .
V.Sadagopan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:52 AM
Subject: see day and night at single
time
THIS PHOTO IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. BE SURE TO READ THE TEXT BELOW
TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU ARE VIEWING. IT IS HISTORIC
TOO AS IS THE LAST MISSION FOR COLUMBIA ..
The photograph
attached was taken by the crew on board the Columbia during its last mission,
on a cloudless day.The picture is of Europe and Africa when the sun is
setting.Half of the picture is in night.The bright dots you see are the
cities'lights.The top part of Africa is the Sahara Desert .Note that
the lights are already on in Holland , Paris , and Barcelona,and that's
it's still daylight in Dublin , London , Lisbon , and Madrid.The sun is
still shining on the Strait of Gibraltar . The Mediterranean is already
in darkness.In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you can see the Azores
Islands;below them to the right are the Madeira Islands ; a bit below
are the Canary Islands; and further South, close to the farthest western
point of Africa , are the Cape Verde Islands.Note that the Sahara is huge
and can be seen clearly both during day time and night time.To the left,
on top, is Greenland, totally frozen.
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