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North Africa and Europe from Suomi NPP
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Published June 19, 2012
Over a period of six orbits on on February 3, 2012, the recently launched Suomi NPP satellite provided the VIIRS instrument enough time to gather the pixels for this synthesized view of Earth showing North Africa and southwestern Europe.
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Earth, Behind the Scenes
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Published February 4, 2012
NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, Suomi NPP, collected the images that went into this new view of our home planet.
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First Fire Images from VIIRS
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Published January 26, 2012
The new instrument should become a primary resource for monitoring of biomass burning and for fire management.
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First Global Image from VIIRS
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Published December 16, 2011
Looking down from 512 miles, the newly launched NPP satellite offers up its first gap-free view of Earth.
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VIIRS First Light
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Published November 23, 2011
A new Earth-observing satellite opened its eyes for the first time and captured this natural-color view of eastern North America.