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In the City, Bright is the New Black

Surface temperatures in the city can rival the desert. White or "green" rooftops can change that.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story In the City, Bright is the New Black.

Images by Robert Simmon, using data ©2010 DigitalGlobe (image) and from the Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research (graph). Caption by Mike Carlowicz, with reporting from Patrick Lynch, NASA Earth Science News Team.
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Published April 20, 2012
Data acquired September 15, 2010

Source:: DigitalGlobe > WorldView-2