Map Of Us At Night

A world map of the positions of satellites above the earth s surface and a planetarium view showing where they appear in the night sky.

Map of us at night. The united states interstate highway system appears as a lattice connecting the brighter dots of city centers. Sun moon today sunrise sunset moonrise moonset moon phases eclipses night sky beta night time. Satellite photo of the united states at night this map shows the geographic distribution of night time lights in the united states canada mexico and the caribbean. When you have eliminated the javascript whatever remains must be an empty page.

The image was made possible by the satellite s day night band of the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights gas flares auroras wildfires and reflected moonlight. It orbits the earth and has sensors that collect observations about earth s atmosphere and surface during night time hours. Mon jul 6 at 8 29 pm tue jul 7 at 5 32 am. Climate averages time zone.

Nasa s goddard space flight center kathryn mersmann. In russia the trans siberian railroad is a thin line stretching from moscow through the. The image was made possible by the new satellite s day night band of the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights gas flares auroras wildfires and reflected moonlight. Strong lights occur in a strand that includes washington dc philadelphia new jersey new york city and boston.

Moonrise moonset. Enable javascript to see google maps. The night earth map shows the lights that are visible at night on the earth s surface. 14 day forecast.

It was created with data from the suomi npp satellite using the viirs visible infrared imaging radiometer suite camera. The images used to build the map have a scale of about 750 metres per pixel. World map of cities at night shown above in 2011 nasa launched the suomi national polar orbiting partnership satellite. Guides to the night sky.

Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps. 9 hours 3. This image of the continental united states at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi npp satellite in april and october 2012. Planets visible in the night sky in new york new york usa.

The map has been made entirely with black and white photography. Currently the best available map of the earth at night is the black marble map. Sunrise sunset. Sun moon.

By studying earth at night researchers can investigate how cities expand monitor light intensity to estimate energy use and economic activity and aid in disaster response. Nasa scientists used data from the satellite to produce this world map of cities at night. Cities tend to grow along coastlines and transportation networks. Nasa scientists have just released the first new global map of earth at night since 2012.