It was created with data from the suomi npp satellite using the viirs visible infrared imaging radiometer suite camera.
Satellite map of usa at night.
The united states satellite images displayed are infrared ir images.
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This image of the united states of america at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi npp satellite in april and october 2012.
The main image of the earth at night 2012 was captured by nasa using the suomi national polar orbiting partnership suomi npp satellite.
The image was made possible by the satellite s day night band of the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near infrared.
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Nasa researchers have used these images of nighttime lights to study weather around urban areas.
Satellite photo of the united states at night this map shows the geographic distribution of night time lights in the united states canada mexico and the caribbean.
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United states visible satellite the visible satellite imagery is essentially a snapshot of what the satellite sees.
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The images used to build the map have a scale of about 750 metres per pixel.
Satellite photos of earth at night.
It took over nine days in april 2012 and thirteen days in october 2012 during 312 orbits at 824 kilometers 512 miles to capture the whole earth.
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This image of the continental united states at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi npp satellite in april and october 2012.
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The image was made possible by the new satellite s day night band of the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe.