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[Michael Feltham]

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From: Tony Rainbow 
Date: 23 July 2010 20:31:10 GMT+01:00
Subject: Air traffic from satellite - READ BEFORE OPENING]

Thus is a fascinating video.
Tony
 
 
This is a 24 hour observation of all of the large airc ra ft flights in the world, condensed down to  1:11.
From space we look like a bee hive of activity. What you will see, is a video showing air traffic around the  world for 24 hours, taken from a satellite.

You won't believe this!  The yellow dots are airplanes in the sky during a 24 hour period.

Stay with the  picture.  You will see the light of the day moving from the east to the west, as the Earth spins on its axis.  
Also  you will see the airc ra ft flow of t ra ffic leaving the North  American continent and traveling at night to arrive in the UK  in the morning.  
Then you will see the flow changing, leaving the UK in the morning and flying to the American continent in daylight.

This is something that  everyone should see.  For us old-timers it is really fascinating. For our children/g ra ndchildren it provides a superb learning moment and an opportunity to open up what could be a very interesting discussion.  This is one of the coolest  things  ever seen.  
It surpasses the "World At Night" poster that NatGeo (I think) published about 20 years  ago and my "America At Night" coffee mug.  
How many people do YOU think are in the sky at any given moment?

You can tell it was spring time in the north by the sun's foot print over the planet. You could see that it didn't set for long in the extreme north and it didn't quite rise in the extreme south. We are taught about the earth's tilt and how it causes summer  and winter and how we had to imagine just what is going on. With this 24 hour observation of airc ra ft t ra vel on the earth's surface we get to see the daylight pattern move as well. Remember watch the day to night.....

Day is over in   Australia  when it starts.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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