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Data acquired October 13, 2012 720 x 1080 JPEG
Data acquired October 13, 2012 3000 x 3000 2 MB - JPEG
Data acquired October 13, 2012 5 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired October 13, 2012 71 KB - KML/KMZ
At night, the Nile River Valley and Delta resemble a giant flower in this image from October 13, 2012.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using VIIRS Day-Night Band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. 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 December 28, 2012 Data acquired October 13, 2012