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Auroras Light Up the Antarctic Night
720 x 480 JPEG
Published January 1, 2013
The “southern lights” were bright enough to illuminate the ice below.
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Gas Drilling, North Dakota
Published December 27, 2012
Cities and people are scarce in northwestern North Dakota, but nighttime satellite imagery shows the Bakken Formation aglow with brightly-lit drilling equipment.
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City Lights of the United States 2012
Published December 25, 2012
Updated for 2012, this map of lights across America has a least 10 times better resolution than previous maps.
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Monitoring the Arctic during Polar Darkness
Published December 23, 2012
Acquired October 30, 2012, this day-night band image offers a detailed view of clouds, snow cover, and sea ice.
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9 MB - GeoTIFF
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