Night Satellite 1212 Responses

Last post: 3 years, 5 months ago | Thread started: Dec 16, 09, 10:23 a.m.

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• bogue

  Hey all.. I've been scouring the internet for a while. Looking for a satellite photo of a city at night. Something about this distance from the earth.. but at night:

  

  Needs to be relatively large (at least 1600x1200 72dpi).

  Believe me I've been searching for hours now and am having a real hard time finding something. I figured one of you perverts might have a secret stash of satellite photography hidden somewhere.

  Dec 16, 09, 10:23 a.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  I imagine you'd be better off looking for 'high altitude' photography, rather than 'satellite' in your search terms. Also, given the nature of the beast, perhaps try targetting touristy marketing terms like 'London at night' or whatever.

  • Thanks.. great tips. The search continues– bogue

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 10:26 a.m. – Permalink

• ethanfink

  

  http://www.istockphoto.com/file_…

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 10:45 a.m. – Permalink

• ethanfink

  "birds eye view" works also

  • isn't bird's eye usually referred to the ones taken at an angle of some kind?– Corvo2

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 10:46 a.m. – Permalink

• ghandolf

  "city night lights space station"

  http://images.google.com/images?…

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 10:47 a.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  Oh yeah, shit - I forgot about the ISS archive. Good call.

  http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/

  • Actually, fuck my link - not easy to search by night or time.– detritus

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 10:50 a.m. – Permalink

• bogue

  Thanks folks! I've been to most of the sites mentioned above. I think i'm starting to realize that there are probably only 30 or 40 satellite photos of cities at night ever taken. I'll have to see if the budget for this project will allow for a little space travel

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 10:56 a.m. – Permalink

• ghandolf

  http://www.virgingalactic.com/

  • "...budget for a little space travel ..."– ghandolf

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 11 a.m. – Permalink

• Corvo2

  try here too:
  http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/Eart…

  • Sorry. Not what you're looking for. Forget about this one.– Corvo2

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 11:04 a.m. – Permalink

• version3

  you might be able to get your shot with a balloon. it'll go higher than a helicopter and cheaper than a satellite photo i'd think

  this article is from 4 years ago
  http://www.universetoday.com/200…

  • even a manned balloon could to this most likely... if they fly at night though? scary– version3

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 11:04 a.m. – Permalink

• 74LEO

  DON'T STEP ON ME!!!
  

  

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 11:10 a.m. – Permalink

• jonturi

  there seems to be a few that might work on here:

  http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/vie…

  like this:
  

  

  • i guess thats maybe infrared or something though. not night lights...– jonturi

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 11:19 a.m. – Permalink

• jonturi

  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov…

  

  

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  Dog-earDec 16, 09, 11:22 a.m. – Permalink