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yup, 'twas mostly to fool vikings, but they kept others in mind.
i don't recall exactly who it was that was first there, however.
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The night shots are real. They are very similar to what the NOAA produces. They likely are NOAA's Pictures. I knew the guy that did the composites.
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if you read the top of the page, the guy states that the night shots are fake...
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Originally posted by ridered81:
if you read the top of the page, the guy states that the night shots are fake...
and if you read it correctly, it states that just that one combo pic is. 
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Originally posted by MxRacer:
Originally posted by ridered81:
if you read the top of the page, the guy states that the night shots are fake...
and if you read it correctly, it states that just that one combo pic is.
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Originally posted by MxRacer:
Originally posted by ridered81:
if you read the top of the page, the guy states that the night shots are fake...
and if you read it correctly, it states that just that one combo pic is.
No, I'm pretty sure he says "Yes, I know the "Night arrives over Europe and Northern Africa" is a fake, however it is still cool," and that the 4th picture has the title "Night arrives over Europe and Northern Africa," and is NOT the picture that is the combo picture.
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Originally posted by 99blacksesport:
No, I'm pretty sure he says "Yes, I know the "Night arrives over Europe and Northern Africa" is a fake, however it is still cool," and that the 4th picture has the title "Night arrives over Europe and Northern Africa," and is NOT the picture that is the combo picture.
the hell it's not! i've had that exact "combo" picture as my desktop for months now, and quite some time ago it was debunked as two pictures merged into one.
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Ummmm. All of the night shots are fake. Look at the stars behind the planet, they DON'T CHANGE POSITIONS. I WIN!!! WOOT 
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A satellite in low earth orbit (LEO) circles the globe roughly every ninety minutes. Since you'll only get a good night shot with the earth between the satellite and the sun, then as long as the shots were taken fairly close together (and not months apart) you'll always be facing the same stars regardless of the rotation of the earth below. You would only have star movement with a geosynchronous satellite that remains in a fixed position above the earth and rotates with it (but then you wouldn't have shots of different sides of the planet).
I think the full night shots are real, but possibly enhanced for more contrast and definition.
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http://www.snopes.com/photos/sunset.asp"Although this image does accurately depict the landforms described and the positioning of lighted cities to the right of the day-night terminator line, it doesn't represent an actual Earth view one might see from space. This photograph is a digital composite formed by merging multiple images from different sources (primarily satellites), the same technique used to create the stunning iceberg photograph."
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