There are a lot of lights on the night side of Earth. All those sparkly lights reveal a lot about where and how people live on Earth – everything from population, to disaster recovery, to where people are celebrating. Plus, solve the night light puzzle in our “Data Detective” activity.
Related stories from the Earth Observatory for educators
- The Glow of the Indus River Basin
- City Lights Illuminate the Nile
- Korea and the Yellow Sea
- Night Lights Show Slow Recovery from Maria
- The Lights of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
- Bursting with Holiday Energy
- Observing Changes in Nighttime Lights
- An Odd Symmetry: Argentina After Dark
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