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VIIRS First Light

A new Earth-observing satellite opened its eyes for the first time and captured this natural-color view of eastern North America.


Image by the NASA/NPP Team at the Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Caption by Aries Keck and Michael Carlowicz.

Published November 23, 2011
Data acquired November 21, 2011

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS