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Real satellite view of earth at night.
Previously known as flash earth.
The main image of the earth at night 2012 was captured by nasa using the suomi national polar orbiting partnership suomi npp satellite.
Explore the world in real time launch web map in new window noaa satellite maps latest 3d scene this high resolution imagery is provided by geostationary weather satellites permanently stationed more than 22 000 miles above the earth.
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Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more.
Zoom earth shows live weather satellite images updated in near real time and the best high resolution aerial views of the earth in a fast zoomable map.
It took 312 orbits to get a clear shot of every parcel of earth s land surface and islands.
Nasa researchers have used these images of nighttime lights to study weather around urban areas.
This means that every area of land on earth is imaged at least once every 16 days.
Landsat 8 orbits the earth every 99 minutes.
The data was acquired over nine days in april 2012 and 13 days in october 2012.
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.
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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.
This new global view and animation of earth s city lights is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi npp satellite.
Previously known as flash earth.
Use this web map to zoom in on real time weather patterns developing around the world.
This composite image which has become a popular poster shows a global view of earth at night compiled from over 400 satellite images.