Pictures Of Earth From Space At Night
Astronauts have made sharp images of earth at night available to scientists.
Pictures of earth from space at night. Blue marble the blue marble image of earth captured in 2012. Satellite photo of earth at night shown below is a famous nasa image that is often called a satellite photo of earth at night it isn t really a photo instead it is an image that was compiled using data from a sensor aboard the nasa noaa suomi national polar orbiting partnership satellite launched in 2011. Nasa researchers have used these images of nighttime lights to study weather around urban areas.
Two versions of the images are available. It took over nine days in april 2012 and thirteen days in october 2012 during 312 orbits at 824 kilometers 512 miles to capture the whole earth. As if you needed another reason to want to leave earth behind on a spacecraft the images in this gallery show the absolute beauty that would await you outside our world.
With hardware from the earth orbiting international space station appearing in the near foreground a night time european panorama reveals city lights from belgium and the netherlands at bottom. A global composite image constructed using cloud free night images from a new nasa and national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa satellite shows the glow of natural and human built phenomena across the planet in greater detail than ever before. Astronauts aboard the international space station took this photo of the paris at night and it s no wonder it s known as the city of lights.
10 exceptional images of earth from space. For more stunning images of the earth from afar. Scientists unveiled today an unprecedented new look at our planet at night.
Satellite images of earth at night often referred to as night lights have captured the curiosity of the public and have been a tool for fundamental research for nearly 25 years. Life on a pale blue dot. Earth at night this composite image which has become a popular poster shows a global view of earth at night compiled from over 400 satellite images.