Satellites and space travelers have long looked back at the lights of Earth. C
ontinents are defined on clear nights as major cities and suburban areas illum
inate coastlines, in particular, in stark contrast to the black expanses of th
e oceans.
All that changed Thursday night, Aug. 14, when the lights went out in New York
City and other major metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada, plun
ging some 50 million people into darkness.
These satellite images show the view from space on the night prior to the blac
kout (top) and the relative lack of illumination on the night many easterners
endured without power, due to a cascading failure of a major power grid. Other
cities affected included Detroit, Cleveland, and Toronto, Canada.
——SPACE.com |
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