Korea At Night From Space

A photo taken from space and showing a pitch black north korea next to a brightly lit south korea is one of the most famous images of the country.
Korea at night from space. While flying over east asia the astronauts snapped a picture of north and south korea at night and the darkness that envelops the hermit kingdom truly stands out. The earth as seen from above is a dramatic enough sight on its own. Flying over east asia astronauts on the international space station iss took this video of the korean peninsula on jan. The koreas at night january 30 2014 jpeg flying over east asia astronauts on the international space station iss took this night image of the korean peninsula.
In this iss astronaut photo of the korean peninsula at night north korea is almost completely dark compared to neighboring south korea and china. Astronaut photograph iss038 e 38300 was acquired on january 30 2014 with a nikon d3s digital camera using a 24 millimeter lens and is provided by the iss crew earth observations facility and the earth science and remote sensing unit johnson space center. North korean labor camps 9. This image originally appeared in the nasa earth observatory story the koreas at night.
Dark and light if any image can tell the story of north and south korea in one frame it s this shot taken by an astronaut aboard the international space station in january 2014. 2014 flying over east asia an expedition 38 crew member on the international space station took this night image of the korean peninsula. Unlike daylight images city lights at night illustrate dramatically the relative economic importance of cities as gauged by relative size. It is a regime shrouded in secrecy and images captured from space show that north korea is also cloaked in darkness.