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Blackout in New Jersey and New York

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, densely populated areas of the U.S. East Coast sat in the dark.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Rob Simmon, using VIIRS Day-Night Band data provided by Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin. VIIRS is an instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite, a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published November 2, 2012
Data acquired November 1, 2012

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night