Nighttime Satellite View Of The United States

The image was made possible by the new satellite s day night band of the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe.
Nighttime satellite view of the united states. Early on the morning of february 22 2013 the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs on the suomi npp satellite captured this nighttime view of heavy snow over the united states. This image of the united states of america at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi npp satellite in april and october 2012. The image was made possible by the satellite s day night band of the visible. Hoover dam the pentagon alabama alaska anchorage denali mount mckinley arizona grand canyon phoenix tucson arkansas.
The nighttime stable lights im agery was derived. This image of the continental united states at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi npp satellite in april and october 2012. United states live satellite images of the united states of america updated in near real time. The striking apparent correlation between nighttime satellite imagery and human population density was explored for the continental united states.
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