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Night View of Fires in Siberia

The Suomi NPP satellite carries an instrument so sensitive to low light levels that it can detect wildfires in the middle of the night.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using VIIRS Day Night Band data. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published August 7, 2012
Data acquired August 3, 2012

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night