The composite map dubbed the black marble depicts earthly lights at night as observed.
Black marble nasa 2017.
This week april 12 2017 nasa scientists released the first new global map of earth at night since 2012.
View from the iss at night shows the beauty of.
Scientists at nasa are working to automate nighttime viirs data processing so that data users are able to view nighttime imagery within hours of acquisition which could lead to other potential uses by research meteorological and civic groups.
Nasa has developed the black marble a daily calibrated corrected and validated product suite so nightlight data can be used effectively for scientific observations.
Released on april 25 2017.
Nasa has dubbed the new image black marble a play off the original blue marble of earth taken by the apollo 17 crew on december 7 1972.
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