Saturday, September 28, 2024

The Earth spins at night

22 days of data from the Suomi NPP satellite went into making this beautiful and eerie view of the Earth at night, spinning in a black sky. The satellite can see in the visible and near-infrared at high sensitivity, able to map city lights, fires, and even moonlit weather. This animation is made from real images, mapped onto the previously existing Blue Marble images to make the view more realistic.

Comments

Forgot to add, it's a 42-second video.

Interesting to see the bright spots on our planet at night.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-28 08:57 PM

I can see lights as far South as New Zealand. Antarctica is entirely hidden.:[

#2 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2024-09-29 09:09 PM

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