It twinkles with lights from humans and nature.
The black marble earth.
Black marble the night side of our planet twinkles with light and the first thing to stand out is the cities.
On december 7 1972 the crew of apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the moon took a photo of earth from the space at a distance of about 45 000 kilometers 28 000 miles.
Out of the blue and into the black the night is nowhere near as dark as most of us think.
The nighttime look of our planet is dubbed the black marble.
This image with the official nasa designation as17 148 22727 became known as the blue marble.
They have provided a broad beautiful picture showing how humans have shaped the planet and lit up the darkness.
Night lights 2012 the black marble published december 6 2012 this animated globe shows the city lights of the world as they appeared to the new suomi npp satellite which has at least 10 times better light resolving power than previous night viewing satellites.
Please like share subscribe thank you nasa scientists have released new global maps of earth at night providing the clearest yet views of the patterns of.
Black marble is playing a vital role in research on light pollution illegal fishing fires disaster impacts and recovery and human settlements and associated energy infrastructures.
Nothing tells us more about the spread of humans across the earth than city lights asserts chris elvidge a noaa scientist who has studied them for 20 years.
Data creation black marble s standard science processing removes cloud contaminated pixels and corrects for atmospheric terrain vegetation snow lunar and stray light effects on the viirs day night band dnb radiances.
This composite image of the earth as a black marble shows asia and australia in.
The first new global map of earth from space at night since 2012 has been released by nasa scientists.
Earth at night black marble 2016 color maps satellite images of earth at night often referred to as night lights have been a curiosity for the public and a tool of fundamental research for at least 25 years.
Nasa has released new high definition satellite images of earth s night lights for the first time since 2012.
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Download flat map views of the earth at night in jpeg and geotiff.