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Night Lights 2012 - The Black Marble
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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.
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City Lights of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East
Published November 28, 2012
A sensitive new sensor allows a clearer view of dim night lights on Earth.
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City Lights of Asia and Australia
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City Lights of the Americas
The Suomi NPP satellite has a potent new sensor for distinguishing Earth’s night lights.
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North Africa and Europe from Suomi NPP
Published June 19, 2012
Over a period of six orbits on on February 3, 2012, the recently launched Suomi NPP satellite provided the VIIRS instrument enough time to gather the pixels for this synthesized view of Earth showing North Africa and southwestern Europe.
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The Blue Marble
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Published February 11, 2002
Using a collection of satellite images and data, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of Earth’s land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic.
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Published February 8, 2002
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The Blue Marble from Apollo 17
Published January 31, 2001
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Earth - The Blue Marble
Published April 26, 2000
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