gkainz
Final Approach
Got this in an email today - I saw a Continental USA version of it a while back - I think it's pretty eye-opening. This is the text that came along with it.
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Air traffic from satellite
This is a 24 hour observation of all of the large aircraft
flights in the world, condensed down to 1:11.
From space we look like a bee hive of activity. What you will
see, is a video showing air traffic around the world for 24
hours, taken from a satellite.
You won't believe this! The yellow dots are airplanes in the sky
during a 24 hour period.
Stay with the picture. You will see the light of the day moving
from the east to the west, as the Earth spins on its axis.
Also you will see the aircraft flow of traffic leaving the North
American continent and traveling at night to arrive in the UK
in the morning.
Then you will see the flow changing, leaving the UK in the
morning and flying to the American continent in daylight.
This is something that everyone should see. For us old-timers it
is really fascinating. For our children/grandchildren it provides
a superb learning moment and an opportunity to open up what could
be a very interesting discussion. This is one of the coolest
things ever seen.
How many people do YOU think are in the sky at any given moment?
You can tell it was spring time in the north by the sun's foot
print over the planet. You could see that it didn't set for long
in the extreme north and it didn't quite rise in the extreme
south.. We are taught about the earth's tilt and how it causes
summer and winter and how we had to imagine just what is going
on. With this 24 hour observation of aircraft travel on the
earth's surface we get to see the daylight pattern move as well.
Remember watch the day to night..... Day is over in Australia
when it starts.
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Air traffic from satellite
This is a 24 hour observation of all of the large aircraft
flights in the world, condensed down to 1:11.
From space we look like a bee hive of activity. What you will
see, is a video showing air traffic around the world for 24
hours, taken from a satellite.
You won't believe this! The yellow dots are airplanes in the sky
during a 24 hour period.
Stay with the picture. You will see the light of the day moving
from the east to the west, as the Earth spins on its axis.
Also you will see the aircraft flow of traffic leaving the North
American continent and traveling at night to arrive in the UK
in the morning.
Then you will see the flow changing, leaving the UK in the
morning and flying to the American continent in daylight.
This is something that everyone should see. For us old-timers it
is really fascinating. For our children/grandchildren it provides
a superb learning moment and an opportunity to open up what could
be a very interesting discussion. This is one of the coolest
things ever seen.
How many people do YOU think are in the sky at any given moment?
You can tell it was spring time in the north by the sun's foot
print over the planet. You could see that it didn't set for long
in the extreme north and it didn't quite rise in the extreme
south.. We are taught about the earth's tilt and how it causes
summer and winter and how we had to imagine just what is going
on. With this 24 hour observation of aircraft travel on the
earth's surface we get to see the daylight pattern move as well.
Remember watch the day to night..... Day is over in Australia
when it starts.
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