Als je naar Google surft en dan Google Earth intikt zie je een beetje wat de ruimtevaarders zien als ze vanuit de ruimte naar de aarde kijken.
Zoem in op de aarde, zoem verder in op een land, zoem naar een stad, desnoods je eigen stad, duizel en besef hoe nietig we zijn als je de zaak met afstand beziet.

Hieronder één van de foto's vanuit de Columbia Space Shuttle.
Lees svp de tekst onder deze fantastische foto.



The photograph attached was taken by the crew on board of 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 Sea 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 Daytime and night time.

To the left, on top, is Greenland, totally frozen.