Satellite Image Of Ireland At Night

The image was made possible by the new satellite s day night band which can spot lighting more accurately than ever before.

Satellite image of ireland at night. Two versions of the images are available. 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. The main image of the earth at night 2012 was captured by nasa using the suomi national polar orbiting partnership suomi npp satellite. Image iss016 e 27034 was taken on february 1 2008 using a 28 mm lens.

Satellite imagery is particularly valuable because it enables the analysis of objects without being in direct contact with those objects. 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. 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.

Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more. 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. Looking east from a location southwest of ireland an astronaut took this nighttime panorama of population centers in ireland and the united kingdom. Ireland was swathed in white on december 22 2010 when the modis instrument aboard the terra satellite passed overhead capturing this true color image.

See the latest ireland enhanced weather satellite map including areas of cloud cover. Previously known as flash earth.