Amazing photographs from a NASA/NOAA satellite of our Earth at night. Amazingly, the new sensors of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) can identify whether light sources are natural (i.e. fires) or manmade (streetlights), viewing our planet in incredible high-resolution. Check out the pics…

Amazing photographs from a NASA/NOAA satellite of our Earth at night. Amazingly, the new sensors of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) can identify whether light sources are natural (i.e. fires) or manmade (streetlights), viewing our planet in incredible high-resolution. Check out the pics…

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    Amazing what our earth looks like.
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