The map has been made entirely with black and white photography.
Satellite map of usa at night.
It was created with data from the suomi npp satellite using the viirs visible infrared imaging radiometer suite camera.
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.
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.
The images used to build the map have a scale of about 750 metres per pixel.
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Satellite photos of earth at night.
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.
Nasa researchers have used these images of nighttime lights to study weather around urban areas.
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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.
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This composite image which has become a popular poster shows a global view of earth at night compiled from over 400 satellite images.
The united states satellite images displayed are infrared ir images.
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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 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.
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