The images used to build the map have a scale of about 750 metres per pixel.
Satellite image of ireland at night.
The incredible images from nasa show the uk on the night of march 27 2012.
Satellite imagery is particularly valuable because it enables the analysis of objects without being in direct contact with those objects.
What a difference a season makes.
Ireland was swathed in white on december 22 2010 when the modis instrument aboard the terra satellite passed overhead capturing this true color image.
The image was made possible by the new satellite s day night band which can spot lighting more accurately than ever before.
See the latest ireland enhanced weather satellite map including areas of cloud cover.
Previously known as flash earth.
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.
Looking east from a location southwest of ireland an astronaut took this nighttime panorama of population centers in ireland and the united kingdom.
The map has been made entirely with black and white photography.
The ineractive map makes it easy to navitgate around the globe.
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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.
Image iss016 e 27034 was taken on february 1 2008 using a 28 mm lens.
It was created with data from the suomi npp satellite using the viirs visible infrared imaging radiometer suite camera.