Earth at night from space. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. The images were collected during april and october 2012 by the suomi npp satellite from polar orbit about 824 kilometers 512 miles above the surface using its visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs. Chicago seen from space at night the most noticeable difference in the nighttime composite view of chicago and surrounding areas in 2016 is lighting along a recently expanded section of interstate 90. This composite image which has become a popular poster shows a global view of earth at night compiled from over 400 satellite images.
They have provided a broad beautiful picture showing how humans have shaped the planet and lit up the darkness. In fact the earth is never really dark. Nasa researchers have used these images of nighttime lights to study weather around urban areas. 2000 november 27 earth at night credit.
The brightest areas of the earth are the most urbanized but not necessarily the most populated compare western europe with china and india. View from iss at night earth during night from space city lights from space iss europe seen from space at night europa widziana noca z kosmosu photos of earth at night seen from space terra. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently from the international space station iss and. The night is nowhere near as dark as most of us think.
This remarkably complete view of earth at night is a composite of cloud free nighttime images. Many wonders are visible when flying over the earth at night. Nasa noaa satellite reveals new views of earth at night december 5 2012 this new global view and animation of earths city lights is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi npp satellite. It twinkles with lights from humans and nature.
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