Satellite Image Of Ireland At Night

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Satellite image of ireland at night.

Looking east from a location southwest of ireland an astronaut took this nighttime panorama of population centers in ireland and the united kingdom. 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. The main image of the earth at night 2012 was captured by nasa using the suomi national polar orbiting partnership suomi npp satellite. The ineractive map makes it easy to navitgate around the globe.

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. Satellite imagery is particularly valuable because it enables the analysis of objects without being in direct contact with those objects. For example it allows us to analyse images in wavelengths that are invisible to the human eye giving us the opportunity to monitor things like moisture content in soil and vegetation health. Nasa s satellite images of cities at night are awe inspiring with cork dublin el paso and chicago all looking radically different when just their city lights are on show.

The incredible images from nasa show the uk on the night of march 27 2012. Ireland was swathed in white on december 22 2010 when the modis instrument aboard the terra satellite passed overhead capturing this true color image. 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. Previously known as flash earth.

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