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. It was created with data from the suomi npp satellite using the viirs visible infrared imaging radiometer suite camera. Satellite imagery is particularly valuable because it enables the analysis of objects without being in direct contact with those objects. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more.

Ireland was swathed in white on december 22 2010 when the modis instrument aboard the terra satellite passed overhead capturing this true color image. Image iss016 e 27034 was taken on february 1 2008 using a 28 mm lens. 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. Previously known as flash earth.

The image was made possible by the new satellite s day night band which can spot lighting more accurately than ever before. The ineractive map makes it easy to navitgate around the globe. 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. See the latest ireland enhanced weather satellite map including areas of cloud cover.

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