My favourite poster

dj has very kindly bestowed upon me a Thoughtful Blogger award. I get to make some other awards, which I'll do at my leisure over the weekend (promises, promises...)

One more for the mantelpiece...

And as a newly thoughtful blogger, I'd like to share one of the most thought-provoking images I've ever seen: The Earth at Night. I first saw this when it fell out of my father's copy of National Geographic on a poster a few years ago and immediately became my most favourite poster image ever. Ever. And still is. There's a decent sized image here for the benefit of all curious souls.

Even more exciting which I've only just discovered: for those of you acquainted with Google Earth, there's an Earth Lights layer courtesy of NASA which is truly spectacular and awe-inspiring and will lead to sleepless nights (though maybe this is only the case for geeks...). More details here.

Happy travelling...