Nighttime Lights of the World (6 Pics)

The Nighttime Lights of the World dataset contains the first satellite-based global inventory of human settlements, derived from nighttime data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

National Geophysical Data Center

Tags: Defense, Images, Lights, Meteorological, Night, Photography, Program, Satellite, Space, Time, More…World

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Comment by Kathy Russell on February 5, 2011 at 8:08pm: lights out in Australia..saving power!

Comment by sAm on November 5, 2010 at 10:52am: So beautiful!

Comment by Inthemirror on November 4, 2010 at 9:56pm: Europe looks beautiful here

Comment by Visnja V on November 4, 2010 at 10:25am: In the right light, at the right time, everything is exXxtraordinary ;)