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August 9, 2005
Earth at Night
Here's 
a nice little addition to your My Places which shows what the earth looks like from space at night.
Astronomers see this picture as light pollution ruining our views of the heavens. Environmentalists see this as wasted energy. I have to agree with both. It wouldn't take very much for us to start creating better lighting systems that light the ground, not the sky. But, still, this picture is pretty!
Posted by FrankTaylor at August 9, 2005 1:37 PM
Comments
Posted by: Jim at August 17, 2005 4:32 PM
Light pollution is indeed a problem, but you're right, Frank, it's a beautiful sight from space.
Posted by: Paul Gilster at August 19, 2005 7:51 PM
Ah I've never been a person to complain about light pollution. Canada looks like a very empty place though.
Posted by: Marc at May 17, 2007 10:04 PM
Yeah... I miss the stars here in London, the lights are so bright they block out all the stars except about 3
Posted by: Used Tissue at September 16, 2007 2:01 PM
Hi,
I was wondering how do you use Google Earth to view the Night Lights on Earth ?
Thanx
Richard
Posted by: Richard Caruana at November 12, 2007 5:58 PM
hi there
i am researching about light pollution but steal i haven't found a map like the one that you have for the day.could you plz help me????it's been a long time that we are ruining the earth you knw.it's to some extent awful.i feel like crying when i see that we are doing it easily.
Posted by: bahar at November 15, 2007 2:04 PM
How do i turn this off? I downloaded it but i cant get to regular Google Earth anymore.
Posted by: anonymous at October 30, 2008 12:18 PM
How do you get it to work?
Posted by: Jim at March 4, 2009 10:08 AM
I really want the light pollution map off, but I don't no how to How can I turn it off?
Posted by: Anonymous at March 12, 2009 4:13 PM
How do I turn off earth at night?
Posted by: Joseph Eaton at April 6, 2009 3:34 PM
AFRICA IS VERY DARK
Posted by: Bobisha at April 13, 2009 5:41 PM
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Ah, so many ugly lights all over the planet.... Dark skies are hard to find these days, except, apparently, in the middle of South America.