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The Buenos Aires streets glow with light from human activity. Train lines, major roadways and the airports are all distinctly visible and labeled. The lights fade the farther inland you look at the image with a completely dark Rio de la Plata occupying the upper right portion of the image. One distinct dark swath within the illuminated streets of greater Buenos Aires is a Military base. San Fernando in the upper left and San Justo, southwest of Buenos Aires, appear to have more auburn colored lights than the rest of the image.

Traversing Buenos Aires at Night

The nighttime lightscape of Argentina’s largest metropolitan area reveals transportation corridors and variations in lighting types.

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