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Bathed in a Sea of Artificial Light

A new global atlas extends measurements of nighttime lights to the sea, revealing marine ecosystems affected by light pollution.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Smyth, T.J., et al. (2021). Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published March 2, 2022

Sources:
Model
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night