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Nighttime Images Capture Change in China

Night lights not only speak to where we live, but how.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Nighttime Images Capture Change in China.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Black Marble data analysis by Ranjay Shrestha/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published March 26, 2020
Data acquired January 19 - February 4, 2020