Comments on: Moonlit Clouds Obscure Indian Blackout http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/08/02/moonlit-clouds-obscure-indian-blackout/?src=earthmatters-rss Earth is an amazing planet, and the one that matters most to us. Let’s have a conversation about it. Wed, 01 May 2013 01:19:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dr. Satyendra Bhandari http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/08/02/moonlit-clouds-obscure-indian-blackout/#comment-11408 Dr. Satyendra Bhandari Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:25:19 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=2366#comment-11408 Very useful pictures, also tells ground based optical astronomers about probability of clear skies during nights. Of course, this is in addition to what we know from imaging in Infrared. Further, there are no images taken during the black black out period to see the ‘change’.

Another point I wish to make is about the political boundaries. We all feel happy to learn that ‘science’ and ‘space imaging’ does not recognise human divisions like political boundaries. It would have been better yo show images as they are ‘observed’ without adding such boundaries, particularly since these are not recognised ones. In this case the boundaries shown under the Indian state of J&K. It should have added an explanatory note at least.

]]> By: Kiran Patil http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/08/02/moonlit-clouds-obscure-indian-blackout/#comment-11056 Kiran Patil Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:09:55 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=2366#comment-11056 In first image you can spot few of the cities from the light intensity like Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, and Hydrabad.

In second image only Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, and Hydrabad are visible.

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