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Earth night view from space5/10/2023 "The images reveal how human activity and natural phenomena light up the darkness around the world, depicting the intricate structure of cities, wildfires and volcanoes raging, auroras dancing across the polar skies, moonlight reflecting off snow and deserts, and other dramatic earthly scenes," writes NASA. ? Free downloads for all e-readers: /GL0jylZI0V- NASA December 10, 2019 Explore the brilliance of our home planet when it is in darkness. Our newest ebook, "Earth at Night," tells the story of satellite measurements of global light in the night. The ISS, whose first component was launched into low Earth orbit in 1998, is the largest artificial body in orbit, and it often becomes visible with the naked eye from Earth. "These images paint an expansive and revealing picture, showing how humans have illuminated and shaped the planet in profound ways since the invention of the light bulb 140 years ago," reads an excerpt from Earth At Night'.Īccording to NASA, the images in the 200-page ebook were captured over the past 25 years by Earth-observing satellites in space and astronauts on the International Space Station. Live streaming views from the NASA High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) cameras on the International Space Station (ISS). Some of them can be seen in the video above. A few years ago, NASA and NOAA joined forces to present the first world map of the nighttime Earth using 9 months of data collected by the DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) satellite from an altitude of 830 kilometers (1 kilometer is 0.62 miles) above Earth. The book ' Earth At Night' contains more than 150 stunning images of "our planet in darkness". NASA has released a new ebook that gives readers a glimpse of Earth at night, as seen from space.
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