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[Mark Turner <markt AT siteseers.net>]

On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 00:26, Scott wrote:

> I'm guessing the photo is not real? Didn't they restore some service in 
> NYC and other areas by time that picture was snapped? And why is that 
> area so much blacker than the rest of areas without light?

It's fake. To get cloud-free coverage of the U.S., satellites have to 
do multiple passes to create a composite. It certainly wasn't cloudless
across the country the night of August 14th.

Here are some real pictures, straight from NOAA and NASA:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s2015.htm

Cheers!
Mark