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Gas Drilling, North Dakota
14 MB - GeoTIFF
Published December 27, 2012
Cities and people are scarce in northwestern North Dakota, but nighttime satellite imagery shows the Bakken Formation aglow with brightly-lit drilling equipment.
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City Lights of the United States 2012
Published December 25, 2012
Updated for 2012, this map of lights across America has a least 10 times better resolution than previous maps.
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97 MB - TIFF
Monitoring the Arctic during Polar Darkness
Published December 23, 2012
Acquired October 30, 2012, this day-night band image offers a detailed view of clouds, snow cover, and sea ice.
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City Lights of Australia, or Not
Published December 20, 2012
What are those lights in the Outback?
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Korea and the Yellow Sea
Published December 18, 2012
While city lights at night serve as a good proxy for population density, North Korea provides a dark exception.
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11 MB - GeoTIFF
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