Night Time Satellite Images Of India

This is what india looked like from space in 2012.

Night time satellite images of india. Shown below is a famous nasa image that is often called a satellite photo of earth at night it isn t really a photo instead it is an image that was compiled using data from a sensor aboard the nasa noaa suomi national polar orbiting partnership satellite launched in 2011. The new images compare the composite night time view of india and its surrounding areas in 2016 with that of 2012. The nasa team is also now automating nighttime imagery processing to make the data available within hours of acquisition potentially aiding short term weather forecasting and disaster response efforts. While on image dates back to 2003 the other is form 2016.

Satellite images of earth at night have been a tool for fundamental research for nearly 25 years this before and after comparison shows composite nighttime views of india and surrounding areas in. Visible channel 0 65 µm the channel 0 65µm lies in the visible region 0 4µm 0 7µm of the electromagnetic spectrum which can be seen with naked eye. 5 april live satellite view of india fact check 9pm9minutes. Nasa has just released new global maps of the earth at night the first since 2012.

Satellite images of earth at night often referred to as night lights. Zoom earth shows live weather satellite images updated in near real time and the best high resolution aerial views of the earth in a fast zoomable map. New global maps of earth at night provide the clearest ever composite view of the patterns of human settlement across our planet. It took over nine days in april 2012 and thirteen days in october 2012 during 312 orbits at 824 kilometers 512 miles to capture the whole earth.

Compared to the map of india s night lights above the following image from 2012 shows how populations and human settlements have grown over the years. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more. Two versions of the images are available.