In 2002 the defense secretary donald rumsfeld unveiled a satellite photo showing almost the exact same thing in north korea at night.
Satellite photo of north and south korea at night.
See related north korea.
But the coast of north korea is difficult to detect.
North korea by night.
No single image could hope to capture the ruin and catastrophe brought upon the people of north korea by the despotic kim dynasty but famous satellite photos of the korean peninsula at night come.
Coastlines are often very apparent in night imagery as shown by south korea s eastern shoreline.
The south west including north hwanghae province south hwanghae province and the city of kaesong.
Satellite pictures are often the only way.
The photos and a time lapse video of the region show the country as almost completely black in contrast to the bright lights of neighbors like south korea and japan.
These differences are illustrated in per capita power consumption in the two countries with south korea at 10 162 kilowatt hours and north korea at 739 kilowatt hours.