Our daily universe: Earth at night

This scaled-down version doesn’t quite do it justice, but here is a shot from NASA of the planet at night (Nov. 27, 2000), showing both densely populated and developed regions versus less urban parts of Africa, South America, Asia and elsewhere:

Credit: C. Mayhew & R. Simmon (NASA/GSFC), NOAA/ NGDC, DMSP Digital Archive

Here are links to the full-sized picture and more information.