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Urban Patterns in Snow and Light

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


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