• A satellite view of Earth during nighttime hours, with a focus on Europe and Northern Africa which has many lights visible from space.
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    Streetlights are the source of most of the light seen in this image, but petroleum fires also contribute. A dark blue layer was added to the image to show where land masses are located. European cities are especially bright, and in Egypt, lights glitter along the Nile.

     
    DMSP satellites, Data collected 1994-95

  • A satellite view of Earth during nighttime hours, with a focus on Europe and Northern Africa which has many lights visible from space.

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