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Old Night Vision Meets New

New images from Suomi NPP are an order of magnitude better than previous satellite views of city lights.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Old Night Vision Meets New.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Suomi NPP VIIRS and DMSP OLS data provided courtesy of Chris Elvidge (NOAA National Geophysical Data Center). Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, NOAA, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published December 14, 2012
Data acquired November 12, 2012

Sources:: DMSP > OLS; Suomi NPP > VIIRS

Collection:: Earth at Night