General / Off-Topic The lights of South Korea and the darkness of North Korea

[Patrick_68000]

The two Koreas at night. These photos were taken by the astronauts on the International Space Station on Jan. 30. The image shows in its center, a North Korea plunged into darkness between South Korea, down, and China, above. Only the capital Pyongyang emits a low light --- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83182&eocn=home&eoci=iotd_previous

 

[Yaffle]

On the up side it must be great for astronomy.

 

[Andrew Sayers]

A bit of googling didn't turn up a source, but I've heard it said the first evidence for the North Korean famine back in the 90's was satellite imagery showing the earth turning from green to brown, as people used the grass for food.

 

[TomS]

Don't worry. The Federation will have it all sorted out by 3300.

 

[Memnoch]

That paints a rather sorry picture of the people of that country, and the terrible situation they are in.