[FPSPACE] Light pollution as seen by the passing Rosetta probe

[LARRY KLAES]

The ESA Rosetta probe, on its way to land on a comet in 2014, flew by Earth
yesterday and took some images of our planet as seen on the night side.

Numerous urban centers are quite visible from space as shown here:

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM9MQ53R8F_index_1.html#subhead2