Satellite Pic Of India On Diwali

Some claim it shows india during diwali but it doesn t.

Satellite pic of india on diwali. Prime minister modi who had had on friday urged people to turn off lights at their homes for nine minutes at 9 pm to display the country s collective resolve. For those who know little about india diwali is a festival of lights which is celebrated across the length and breadth of the country by its 1 25 billion inhabitants. This image of india has been circulating on the internet for years. Every single year without fail.

If you are the lucky one during diwali every year the same message of nasa sharing visuals of india from space starts circulating with an image. The photoshopped picture was circulated year after year but people are wise to it now. Nasa today released black and white satellite images of india this diwali night cautioning people against the fake image in circulation in social media circles. This is not an image of india taken by a nasa satellite on diwali night but a composite of satellite photos of india created by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa in 2003 to highlight population growth over time.

Nasa satellite images of india today. This is what india looked like from space in 2012. This picture shows the. The real picture of india from space on diwali night was taken on november 12 2012 by the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs on the suomi npp satellite.

A little digging quickly shows that this picture is not in fact a satellite photo of india on diwali but rather a composite image made with overflights from multiple years which leads to the. A picture of india on diwali taken from space by nasa has by now become a standing joke. Compared to the map of india s night lights above the following image from 2012 shows how populations and human settlements have grown over the years. Reality behind the fake nasa image of diwali night in india from space on diwali night and the real image first of all let me wish all our readers a very healthy and wealthy diwali.

India today anti fake news war room afwa has found the post to be misleading.