Europe by night. Light pollution

by: Nasa/DMSP/GSFC/Novapix
Reference: t-europ-00003
Date: 2006-09-14

This image is a composite of hundreds of pictures made by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) currently operates four satellites in low-altitude polar orbits. Three of these satellites record nighttime data. The DMSP-OLS has a unique capability to detect low levels of visible-near infrared radiance at night.

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