File:Earth lights vs population density.png

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DescriptionEarth lights vs population density.png	English: Equirectangular projection of Earth lights (green channel) and population density (red channel) in 1994 showing disproportionate use of light between developed and developing countries, with topography and bathymetry (blue channel) as well as coastlines and country borders (alpha channel).
Date	23 October 2000
Source	http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/55000/55167/earth_lights.gif http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/53000/53005/population_density.tif http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/73000/73934/gebco_08_rev_elev_21600x10800.png http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/73000/73963/gebco_08_rev_bath_21600x10800.png http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-World6-Equirectangular.svg
Author	NASA, cmglee, John Harvey, Citypeek, Kathovo

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:31, 22 February 2016	4,320 × 2,160 (6.02 MB)	Cmglee	Offset map by 10 degrees to avoid splitting Chukotka.
	21:23, 22 February 2016	4,320 × 2,160 (6.02 MB)	Cmglee	Add topography and bathymetry in blue channel and borders in alpha channel.
	00:10, 15 February 2016	4,320 × 2,160 (1.37 MB)	Cmglee	User created page with UploadWizard