Astronomy Picture of the Day - Earth at Night

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 13 Feb,2022 | Image Credit: NASA, Suomi NPP VIIRS; Data: Miguel Román (NASA GSFC); Processing: Joshua Stevens

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: This is what the Earth looks like at night. Can you find your favorite country or city? Surprisingly, city lights make this task quite possible. Human-made lights highlight particularly developed or populated areas of the Earth's surface, including the seaboards of Europe, the eastern United States, and Japan. Many large cities are located near rivers or oceans so that they can exchange goods cheaply by boat. Particularly dark areas include the central parts of South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The featured image, nicknamed Black Marble, is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures remade in 2016 from data taken by the orbiting Suomi NPP satellite.

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[FatherofFive]

Always fun to look at North and South Korea at night

[neverevergiveup]

Look at central Brazil. It’s still really wild.

[neverevergiveup]

Look at central Brazil. It’s still really wild.

[billorites]

Pyongyang has one lonely light bulb.

So Kim Jong-un doesn't pee on the seat at night.

[SES1066]

Always fun to look at North and South Korea at night

Yes, the comparison is stark. BUT take a look at Cuba and Venezuela as well! While more lit than NK, they are both still very dim for their populations! Of course Haiti is there as well, so very sad!

[Fester Chugabrew]

The Nile and her delta present a distinguishing mark, as does Florida’s weast coast.

[AFB-XYZ]

NYC never sleeps. Nor does India, apparently.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[higgmeister]

Like a beaver tail hanging down.

[higgmeister]

I never imagined that Lisbon and Porto would both be lit up the same.   I knew that had to be Porto but I never imagined how it would look from space.

[NetAddicted]

Oops! I goofed adding the APOD keyword; I added APOTD first.

[GingisK]

The western US suddenly looks more attractive to me.