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Aug. 15, 2003

NOAA POSTS IMAGES ONLINE OF NORTHEAST BLACKOUT

NOAA today posted online satellite images taken before and after of the historic
blackout of the Northeastern United States, which plunged millions of people
into darkness. NOAA processed the night lights data taken by the Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). NOAA archives the data from the satellite.

* NOAA image of night lights before the blackout in the Northeastern USA taken
Aug. 13, 2003, at 9:21 p.m. EDT. NOAA processed the data from the Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program. Please credit NOAA/DMSP.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/im ... 0121z2.jpg (45KB)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/im ... -0121z.jpg (723KB)

* NOAA image for larger view of blackout in the Northeastern USA taken Aug. 14,
2003, at 9:03 p.m. EDT. NOAA processed the data from the Defense Meteorological
Satellite Program. Please credit NOAA/DMSP.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/im ... 0103z2.jpg (49KB)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/im ... -0103z.jpg (794KB)

NOAA also has available a USA night lights cloud-free composite image taken by
the DMSP from Oct. 1, 1994, to March 31, 1995. NOAA processed the data from the
Defense Meteorological Satellite. Please credit NOAA/DMSP.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/im ... -1995b.jpg (85KB)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/im ... 4-1995.jpg (961KB)

The following images were processed by the Air Force Weather Agency. There are
two versions of each image, with and without annotations.
Please credit the following images to the Air Force Weather Agency or AFWA. They
processed the images using the DMSP.

Night Lights satellite image about 20 hours before the blackout taken Aug. 13, 2003.

* With annotations
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlight ... e-text.jpg (156KB)
* Without annotations
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlight ... before.jpg (149KB)

Night Lights satellite image about seven hours after the blackout.

* With annotations
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlight ... r-text.jpg (148KB)
* Without annotations
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlight ... safter.jpg (136KB)

NOAA is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the
prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and providing
environmental stewardship of the nation?s coastal and marine resources. NOAA is
part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Relevant Web Sites

* NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/
* NOAA Satellites
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Damn the Quebecois! Let's invade them!

Still, it's nothing compared with the image of North Korea at night.
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Long Island looked so dead. heh~Jason
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Warspite wrote:Damn the Quebecois! Let's invade them!

Still, it's nothing compared with the image of North Korea at night.
We did`nt lose power cause we`re nice. :wink:
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Montcalm wrote:We did`nt lose power cause we`re nice. :wink:
LOL... That's all a conspiracy, you've been subverted by a drug in your water system. :D
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Warspite wrote:
Montcalm wrote:We did`nt lose power cause we`re nice. :wink:
LOL... That's all a conspiracy, you've been subverted by a drug in your water system. :D
No there is no drug in the water.........."The walls are melting again" :lol:
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Ha! Boston didn't lose it's lights. :D
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That's strange, looks like Columbus is out. We never lost power for more than a few minutes, if that.
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I thought Toronto would be way brighter than it was in that photo. Scary how the NYC area is still brighter with the power gone than Toronto is with the power on. Damn!

It's also pretty cool seeing that there's not a single light source in all of Ontario, that is wild. No wonder I could see shooting stars, the milky way, and even some aurora on Thursday night & Friday morning.
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