This new image of the earth at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi national.
Black marble earth at night.
Nasa has released new high definition satellite images of earth s night lights for the first time since 2012.
By removing natural and stray light sources researchers have provided a clearer picture of the human footprint on earth and opened up new opportunities in disaster response demographics and applied research.
A global composite image constructed using cloud free night images from a new nasa and national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa satellite shows the glow of natural and human built phenomena across the.
This composite image of the earth as a black marble shows asia and australia in 2016.
By live science staff 05 december 2012.
Night light maps open up new applications.