The Black Marble - City Lights 2012
Credit: NASA #39;s Goddard Space Flight Center earthobservatory.nasa.gov This new global view and animation of Earth #39;s city lights is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite. The data was acquired over nine days in April 2012 and thirteen days in October 2012. It took satellite 312 orbits and 2.5 terabytes of data to get a clear shot of every parcel of Earth #39;s land surface and islands. This new data was then mapped over existing Blue Marble imagery to provide a realistic view of the planet. NASA Earth Observatory image and animation by Robert Simmon, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data provided courtesy of Chris Elvidge (NOAA National Geophysical Data Center). Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, NOAA, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.From:airboydViews:2441 36ratingsTime:00:31More inAutos Vehicles
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