View North And South Korea Lights At Night PNG. City lights at night are a fairly reliable indicator of where people live. North korea (the dark area) and south korea are seen at night in this nasa photograph from the international space station.

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North korea has almost no light activity at night, especially compared to the prosperous south (that big red spot is seoul, the south korean capital). North korea is a net energy exporter. Primary energy use in north korea was 224 twh and 9 twh per million people in 2009.

This night invisibility isn't a sophisticated block on satellite imagery, there is no stealth mode for an entire country, but instead a crippling realisation.

While the surrounding countries of south korea and china shine brightly at night, north korea shuts down. North koreans under the great leader kim have respect for mother nature and turn off the lights in the night. Images of north korea snapped from nasa satellites reveal interesting details about the country, including the stark difference between the gdp of south and north korea, and its economic and other development. The effect happens because north korea's supply of electricity is too small to keep shining through the night.