Is this NASA satellite photo of the black out authentic?

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

This photo is being sent around the internet. The reason I ask is I have relatives in PIttsburgh who did not have the black out. But I heard Cincinnati did, which is pretty far south, on the Kentucky border. But is the darkened area too big on the Southern end and does it extend far enough up into Canada?

[democrat in Tallahassee]

1. that western part with no lights?that's bush country

paraire dogs voted for him

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

8. Prairie dogs wouldn't vote for him, must have been the dim bulbs. n/t

n/t

[ewagner]

2. Looks photoshopped

Notice lights are still on near Toledo, Detroit.

[Cheswick2.0]

3. fraud

what's with the triangle? It doesn't cover the correct area at all.

[dawg]

4. I don't think that's real.

I think there would've been more pockets of light within the dark zone. And I don't think the lights ever went out in Philly.

[HERVEPA]

5. Correct on Philadelphia

No outage here in Philadelphia, and most of PA.

[DS1]

6. no, it's a shitty photoshop

someone's desperate for attention

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

7. Thanks everyone. At first glance I thought, "Wow, what a dramatic photo!"

Then I thought it was too dramatic looking. What a silly prank!

[Champion Jack]

9. Does anyone have a link to the real pix?

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[MGKrebs]

10. Here ya' go:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/eye/blackout_2003.htm

[Champion Jack]

11. Thanks!!

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[BurtWorm]

12. Weren't there any clouds that night?

And if it was 11:15 EST, wouldn't it have still been light over the Pacific?


;)

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. Total fraud

Blackout pattern was nothing like that.

[Rick Myers]

14. That image his been altered

Other lower orbit photos showed considerable light along the Atlantic coast. PHOTOSHOP by someone...