Alotta Fagina wrote:
You wrote:
Anyway, it's a picture of the East Coast taken at night - it's like
one mass of light - amazing image.
I'll find it and scan it.
http://www.darksky.org/images/satelite/usa_1996-97.gif
That's not a picture.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories...1994-1995b.jpg
Neither is that.
How are they NOT pictures????
pic‧ture /ˈpɪktʃər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled
Pronunciation[pik-cher] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
noun, verb, -tured, -tur‧ing.
–noun 1. a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a
painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild
in my wallet.
2. any visible image, however produced: pictures reflected in a pool of
water.
3. a mental image: a clear picture of how he had looked that day.
4. a particular image or reality as portrayed in an account or
description; depiction; version.
They both certainly fit #1, huh?
Opps, they both fit #2's definition also, huh?
What a dolt!