Google earth is a very effective tool if used right but this is one feature the Bahrain government would gladly do without. The government blocked Google Earth when it discovered that the oppressed Shiite majority where using the tool to view palaces and other estates that make up 95% of the country. The controversial images captured in an anonymously distributed PDF file caused uproar and fed the current mass revolt happening in the country.
We already posted beautiful photos taken by Colonel Douglas H. Wheelock which appeared on his Twitter account. It seems that other astronauts follow his example. Here’s another set of pictures made this time by astronaut Paolo Nespoli while he was aboard the space station. The photo was taken approximately 1,000 km northeast of the Solomon Islands.
Check out this cartoon about how hard it is to get used to ordinary life on the earth again.

Amazing pictures, so bright and deep in colors. This is what real paradise on earth might look like. Probably I just need a vacation ;)


You’ll see different continents and how they look at night. You’ll also see the difference of illumination.


Can you imagine a world with only 100 people left? I can’t. But if you look at this collection of posters, you’ll get the idea of what it would be like if our world had only one village with 100 citizens.












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