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Puerto Rico Goes Dark

A power plant fire left much of the island without electricity.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership provided by Miguel Roman (NASA/GSFC). Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published September 23, 2016
Data acquired September 21 - 22, 2016

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collections:
Applied Sciences
Earth at Night