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Daytime and nighttime satellite imagery shows the burning of methane that goes together with the oil extraction process.


NASA Earth Observatory images created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Advanced Land Imager data from the NASA EO-1 team and VIIRS Day-Night Band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP). Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published September 14, 2012
Data acquired September 13, 2009

Sources:
EO-1 > ALI
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night