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Satellite image of north america at night.
Previously known as flash earth.
It is sun synchronous which means that the satellite always passes the same point on earth at the same local time.
A global composite image constructed using cloud free night images from a new nasa and national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa satellite shows the glow of natural and human built phenomena across the planet in greater detail than ever before.
The satellite orbits at an altitude of 705 kilometers above the earth in a near polar orbit around the earth from north pole to south pole.
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Scientists unveiled today an unprecedented new look at our planet at night.
The new data was mapped over existing blue marble imagery of earth to provide a realistic view of the planet.
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This image of north and south america at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi npp satellite in april and october 2012.
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