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Thanks to Lisa for this one! Read the text and then hit the link at the bottom to view the video.
This is a 24 hour
observation of all of the large aircraft 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 aircraft flow of traffic 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/grandchildren 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 published about 20 years
ago.
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 aircraft travel on the earth's surface we get
to see the daylight pattern move as well.
Remember to watch the day to night..... day is over in Australia when the video starts. Click Below: