Earth at Night
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An astronaut photographed moonglint shimmering across the sea surface and the bright clusters of Florida’s cities at night.
The nighttime lightscape of Argentina’s largest metropolitan area reveals transportation corridors and variations in lighting types.
An astronaut captured a moonrise—and much more—in a series of photos taken from the International Space Station.
A long-exposure photo taken from low Earth orbit captured the brilliant illumination coming from airglow, lightning, and stars.
Far above the Arctic Circle, the landscape around Utqiaġvik, Alaska, transforms from a frozen tundra to a mosaic of ponds…
Satellite-derived maps of nighttime lights in southern Spain revealed power outages that persisted across rural areas as the region was…
An astronaut orbiting over Southeast Asia captured a colorful photo of the lights from boats, ports, and other lit infrastructure.
The older and newer cities of the Greater Cairo region look very different at night when viewed from above.
Satellite observations at night indicate that oil, gas, and mining have expanded across Earth’s northern latitudes.
