Nasa shows how dark N. Korea really is

[n2doc]

That vast swath of darkness at the center of the above image, looking like a speckled, oddly shaped body of water — that’s the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, photographed from the International Space Station on January 30th. NASA has some relevant landmarks labeled for context.

It’s a striking reminder of how literally and figuratively dark the country is: Pyongyang, North Korea, a city of 3.26 million, looks about the same size as Gunsan, South Korea, population 280,000. The rest of the DPRK might as well be an extension of the Yellow Sea.

http://www.animalnewyork.com/2014/nasa-shows-dark-north-korea-really/

[SummerSnow]

1. oh my

[JimDandy]

2. Wow! NK is not going to like this.

They don't seem to care about most kinds of negative publicity, but this exposes what their economic and military capabilities really must be-nearly nothing.

[JimDandy]

3. This has political implications... cross post it to GD. n/t

[SheilaT]

4. On the up side, it's now

an excellent place for astronomers. Or average citizens who just want to star gaze.

[CFLDem]

5. Yup

Get out of my head!

[ffr]

6. That makes them 'greener' than the rest of us too

Wish we'd stop powering all these lights across the country. We're asleep for most of the time these are on and it pumps more burned fossil fuels into the atmosphere.