1. BLUE BEAUTY

2. SANDSTORM
LEAVING NORTH AFRICA TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC – CANARY ISLANDS.

3. STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR

4. Terminator - Europe and Northern Africa.
Nightfall over Central Europe, still daylight over UK, Western Sahara and Atlantic.

5. SWISS ALPS

6. ICELAND

7. BLACK SEA

8. RED SEA

9. NIGHT ON OUR PLANET

15. SPECTACULAR!
Satellite photo of nightfall over Europe and North Africa on a cloudless day. The terminator (line btween night and day) is clearly visible along Western Europe and the western extremity of North Africa.
Lights are already on in Paris and Barcelona but not in London, Lisbon or Madrid, where it is still daylight.
You can see the Azores in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. A little below is Madeira and further below the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.
You can observe the continental shelves from the British Isles to Canada and Iceland in the middle.

16. Atlantic Ocean Canary Islands ÁFRICA Continental Shelf England Iceland
France
Islas de la Madera y Azores
Spain
Italy
Already night time here.
Canary Islands
ÁFRICA
Cabo Verde Island

17. NIGHTFALL IN BRAZIL Atlantic Ocean Brazilian Continental Shelf.
Belo Horizonte
Salvador
Rio de Janeiro
Grande São Paulo

18. Fortaleza
Brasília
Recife
Goiânia
Salvador
Uberlândia
Belo Horizonte
Rio de Janeiro
Grande São Paulo
Florianópolis

19. NIGHTFALL IN USA

20. Still daylight in California.
Chicago
The biggest concentration of lights (from top to bottom) are the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington.
Dallas
Puerto Rico
Houston
Miami

21. TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH AND EDITED MSW 2007
Isn’t this magic ? So our children can enjoy these spectacular views for a long time, please forward this slideshow to others.
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TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH AND EDITED MSW 2007