Animation of Rotating Earth at Night

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Animation of Rotating Earth at Night
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2016-02-03 - commons.wikimedia.org

Summary

Animation: Rotating Earth at Night. This new global view and animation of Earth's city lights is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite. This new data was then mapped over existing Blue Marble imagery of Earth to provide a realistic view of the planet.

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  • Source collection: Wikimedia Commons
  • License: CC / Public Domain
  • Category: Space

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