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Korea and the Yellow Sea

While city lights at night serve as a good proxy for population density, North Korea provides a dark exception.


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 is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published December 18, 2012
Data acquired September 24, 2012

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night