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What are those lights in the Outback?


NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data provided by Chris Elvidge (NOAA National Geophysical Data Center); MODIS Active Fire & Burned Area Products; and urban data from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, NOAA, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Michael Carlowicz.

Published December 20, 2012
Data acquired April 18 - October 23, 2012

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night