This document contains satellite photos of Europe, Africa, and the Americas at night, highlighting the patterns of light across major cities and geographical features. In the photo of Europe and Africa, the lights of Paris and Barcelona are visible, while London, Lisbon, and Madrid are still in daylight. The Azores islands can be seen in the Atlantic Ocean. For Brazil, the large light concentrations of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and other cities are shown. The photo of the US at night features the bright lights of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington and other eastern cities, while California is still in daylight.

1. BLUE BEAUTY

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

3. GIBRALTAR STRAITS

4. NIGHT ARRIVES BETWEEN EUROPE & AFRICA

5. SWISS ALPS

6. ICELAND

7. BLACK SEA

8. RED SEA

9. OUR PLANET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE AT NIGHT

15. SPECTACULAR! Satellite photo of Europe and Africa at night on a cloudless day. Lights are already on in Paris, Barcelona but not in London, Lisbon or Madrid, where there is still daylight. You can see the Azores in the middle of the ocean. A little below Madeira and further Canary Islands and Cape Verde. You can observe the continent platforms from the British Isles to Canada and Iceland in the middle.

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

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

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

19. NIGHTFALL IN USA

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

21. THE END 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 message to as many people as possible.