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Overnight View of Hurricane Sandy

Special sensors on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view of the storm and the East Coast of the United States as lit by moonlight.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using VIIRS Day-Night Band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP). Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Michael Carlowicz.

Published October 29, 2012
Data acquired October 28, 2012

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night