The image was tweeted by an astronaut with the european space agency.
Satellite image of india on diwali night 2019.
India today anti fake news war room afwa has found the post to be misleading.
Like the fake image this also is an image clicked in november 2012.
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A picture of india on diwali taken from space by nasa has by now become a standing joke.
These satellite images of the earth at night also referred to as night lights are released every decade.
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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.
The image shows what india looks like from space on a typical diwali night or that matter on any night according to nasa.
The image above which has been artificially brightened shows what india looked like from space on a night during diwali.
This image of india has been circulating on the internet for years.
Yes it s a real satellite image but it s a composite with.
An image claiming to be of diwali lights seen from space makes the rounds on social networks every year.
The viirs instrument on board is the nasa noaa suomi npp satellite which captures high resolution view of earth at night.
Previously known as flash earth.
The image is in fact many images to show how population has grown in india from 1992 to 2003.