Our rivers define us
Posted on | January 1, 2013 | 3 Comments
I blogged a similar picture a couple of years ago, but this new NASA image of the Nile Valley, at night, from space, bears a reblog:
Egypt, from space
Our rivers define us.
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January 1st, 2013 @ 9:17 pm
Stunning . The water , energy ,life nexus in many other ways.
January 1st, 2013 @ 9:59 pm
Thanks John, very nice. I’ve used a lower-angle of that view from the ISS before – never fails to make them think.
If the Tigris and Euphrates delta was the cradle of civiliztion, this surely is the…er…romper room of civilization?
Best,
D
January 13th, 2013 @ 9:49 pm
My favorite: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hLse46uApT8/TwxN_lMaEqI/AAAAAAAADUk/HcS0mzKf3I8/s825/Lake-Mead-934_3763.jpg
dg