Satellite Image Of Florida 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.

Satellite image of florida at night.

The small cluster of lights far offshore is freeport on grand bahama island image right. While derived from operational satellites the data products and imagery available on this website are intended for informational purposes only. 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 and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights gas flares auroras wildfires and reflected moonlight. The main image of the earth at night 2012 was captured by nasa using the suomi national polar orbiting partnership suomi npp satellite.

The faint blue areas throughout the image are clouds lit by moonlight. Expedition 51 flight engineer thomas pesquet captured this nighttime photo of florida from the international space station. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more. Dim lights of the florida keys extend the arc of the atlantic coast to the corner of the image.

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Two versions of the images are available. Us satellite images united states satellite photos landsat. Nasa earth observatory 2012 february 13 southeastern usa at night. 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.