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NASA unveils gorgeous new "Black Marble" images of Earth at night

The famous "Blue Marble" image of Earth from space now has a nighttime complement. New photos in the "Black Marble" series released by NASA show gorgeous views of Earth at night.
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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. NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data provided courtesy of Chris Elvidge (NOAA National Geophysical Data Center). Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, NOAA, and the Department of Defense.  
Published: Dec. 6, 2012 at 3:23 PM
By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com

The famous "Blue Marble" image of Earth from space now has a nighttime complement.

New photos, called the "Black Marble" series, were released by NASA and show gorgeous views of Earth at night.

The images are composites of cloud-free images, taken by a satellite launched last October by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The sensor on the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite is sensitive enough to detect the glow produced by the Earth's atmosphere at night.



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