Nasa researchers have used these images of nighttime lights to study weather around urban areas.
Satellite view of earth at night.
The first global map of the planet at night was produced by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration and nasa in 2012.
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It took 312 orbits to get a clear shot of every parcel of earth s land surface and islands.
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Nasa scientists are releasing new global maps of earth at night providing the clearest yet composite view of the patterns of human settlement across our planet.
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Unlike daylight images city lights at night illustrate dramatically the relative economic importance of cities as gauged by relative size.
This composite image one of three new full hemisphere views provides a view of the americas at night.
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They have provided a broad beautiful picture showing how humans have shaped the planet and lit up the darkness.
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Shown below is a famous nasa image that is often called a satellite photo of earth at night it isn t really a photo instead it is an image that was compiled using data from a sensor aboard the nasa noaa suomi national polar orbiting partnership satellite launched in 2011.
The data was acquired over nine days in april 2012 and 13 days in october 2012.
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.
This composite image which has become a popular poster shows a global view of earth at night compiled from over 400 satellite images.
The main image of the earth at night 2012 was captured by nasa using the suomi national polar orbiting partnership suomi npp satellite.
Satellite images of earth at night have been a curiosity for the public and a tool of fundamental research for at least 25 years.
This new global view and animation of earth s city lights is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi npp satellite.