Urban Patterns in Snow and Light

In central China, the human footprint brightens the night and dulls the snowscape.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens and Jeff Schmaltz, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response and Suomi NPP VIIRS data from Miguel Román, NASA GSFC. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published January 16, 2018
Data acquired January 10, 2018

Sources:

Suomi NPP > VIIRS

Terra > MODIS

Collections:

Earth at Night

MODIS Rapid Response