| The photograph
was taken by the crew on board the Columbia䰄n
a cloudless day. The picture is of Europe
and Africa when the sun is setting. Half
of the picture is in night. The bright dots
you see are慯he cities lights.
The top part of Africa is the Sahara Desert.
Note that lights are already on in Holland,
Paris, and Barcelona, and that's it's still
daylight in Dublin, London, Lisbon, and
Madrid. Can you spot tiny little Cornwall,
still in afternoon sun.
The sun is shining on the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Mediterranean Sea is already in darkness.
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you
can see the Azores Islands; below them to
the right are the Madeira Islands; a bit
below are the Canary Islands; and further
South, close to the farthest western point
Africa, are the Cape Verde islands.
Note that the Sahara is huge and can be
seen clearly both during Daytime and night
time. To the left, on top, is Greenland,
totally frozen.
Isn't this a wonderful time to be alive
and take part in this unbelievable technology.............
AND, isn't God's creation and gift to us
magnificant?
(It is a historic picture too, as this
is the last mission for Columbia.) |
