| | We see lights forming a slight crescent-shape, the island of Japan, surrounded by the darkness of the sea. ...
On a wall of my office, I have the National Geographic version and lights of the ocean fleets are in blue. The Sea of Japan is not dark at all. In fact, Stephen's link to the NASA map shows the same thing if you use the magnifier. You can see the fishing in the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. The shapes in the patterns around Indonesia, Borneo, Malaysia also are not conformant with the land masses.
It would be interesting to attempt a macro economic explanation for the lights. North Korea is not entirely dark, just very mostly. Even Cuba has bright spots. Look at Portugal, the Netherlands, the Italian Alps. The lights of Chicago extend into the Lake, and Cleveland a little less so, but that is not fishing. In Michigan, you can see an arc connecting Lansing with Detroit. And on the other side of the world, what's with all the lights east of the Urals?
(Edited by Michael E. Marotta on 3/25, 4:56am)
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