The main image of the earth at night 2012 was captured by nasa using the suomi national polar orbiting partnership suomi npp satellite.
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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.
Since colleagues from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration and nasa released a new earth at night map in 2012 román and teammates at nasa s earth observing satellite data and information system eosdis have been working to integrate nighttime data into nasa s global imagery browse services gibs and worldview mapping tools.
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The image was made possible by the 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.
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Satellite photo of the united states at night this map shows the geographic distribution of night time lights in the united states canada mexico and the caribbean.
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The east coast of the united states has seen both decreases and increases in the brightness of night lights between 2012 and 2016.