Compared with the 2012 image there are also a few blurred areas probably due to cloud cover during the periods the data was captured.
Blue marble night lights 2015.
Here you can browse their maximum resolution of four pixels per km as well as a slightly coarser night lights map enhanced by town names and national borders.
Night lights imagery by noaa s earth observation group privacy policy.
Map of 2015 high dynamic range grey scale recently the earth observation group at ngdc which also provided the data underlying the above mentioned nasa picture has published grey scale maps of night lights.
Blue marble was initially created by nasa s goddard space flight center the night lights by noaa s.
For further info contact urs enke web de.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
It was taken by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and is one of the most reproduced images in history.
Night lights imagery by noaa s earth observation group privacy policy.
Night lights imagery by noaa s earth observation group privacy policy.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.