2 in 1 Globe™ Earth by Day Earth by Night

In a darkened room this clever globe magically transforms into an illuminated map of city lights – the Earth at night as seen from space! Illuminated with colour changing LEDs.

The 22.8cm daylight earth globe shows political boundaries, natural features such as lakes and rivers, capitals and major cities. Scale 1:55,900,000.

Ideal for children and adults alike.

Available from June

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For many years spacecraft and satellites have taken night photographs of the Earth from space and now you too can have this astronaut’s view of our planet.  By day, cities viewed from space just look like grey marks but by night, city lights give perhaps the single clearest indication of man’s habitation of the Earth. 

Over the years of satellite photography there has of course been a noticeable increase in the number of lights that can be viewed from space.  Major cities are seen as bright dots on the night time map.  Las Vegas is said to be the brightest spot on Earth.  Can you spot New York, London, Mecca or Hong Kong?

Much can be learned about a country from the number of lights it has.  Countries like Japan with a dense population appear to be bright throughout, however this is also because lights in Japan are a brighter blue-green colour.  In China there is a noticeable difference between the rural eastern and developed western regions.   In Africa most of the noticeable lights are in coastal regions.

In most countries of the world there is a direct correlation between the number of city lights and GDP.  Exceptions to this is a country that is suddenly at war, has recent external investment or has infrastructure problems such as a poor power supply.  There was for instance a gradual decrease in lighting in Rwanda from 1994, when the country began its conflict.  External intervention in Afghanistan after 2001 has led to an increase in lighting in that country. 

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