Air traffic VIEW from satellite..

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READ THIS BEFORE OPENING THE ATTACHMENT

as it tells you what more to look for besides the yellow dots

This is a 24 hour observation of all of the large aircraft flights in the world, condensed down to 1:11. From space we look like a bee hive of activity. What you will see, is a video showing air traffic around the world for 24 hours, taken from a satellite.

You won't believe this! The yellow dots are airplanes in the sky during a 24 hour period.

Stay with the picture. You will see the light of the day moving from the east to the west, as the Earth spins on its axis. Also you will see the aircraft flow of traffic leaving the North American continent and traveling at night to arrive in the UK in the morning. Then you will see the flow changing, leaving the UK in the morning and flying to the American continent in daylight.

This is something that everyone should see.

How many people do YOU think are in the sky at any given moment?

You can tell it was spring time in the north by the sun's foot print over the planet. You could see that it didn't set for long in the extreme north and it didn't quite rise in the extreme south. We are taught about the earth's tilt and how it causes summer and winter and we have had to imagine just what is going on. With this 24 hour observation of aircraft travel on the earth's surface we get to see the daylight pattern move as well. Remember watch the day to night. Day is over in Australia when it starts.

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:thumbsup: that is crazy... I never would have thought that much activity was going on at one time..... Great share....:thumbsup:

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We're just ants marching...very cool! Thanks for posting that up :thumbsup:

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:thumbs: we people like to get around. people people, all over the freakin place.

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wow thats crazy... i love flying but didnt think there was that much airtraffic

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I think everyone is headed to London. ???

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Think of the thousands of gallons of jet fuel burned every day!
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