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Canada Lit by Aurora and Moonlight

The waxing gibbous Moon and the snow and ice on the mountains and lakes give the landscape extra visual definition.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published February 5, 2020
Data acquired February 4, 2020

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night