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Observing Changes in Nighttime Lights

Tracking the brightness and location of manmade lights offers researchers an innovative way to track human activity on a global scale.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data from Miguel Román, NASA GSFC. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published December 27, 2017
Data acquired 2012 - 2016

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night