Nasa has dubbed the new image black marble a play off the original blue marble of earth taken by the apollo 17 crew on december 7 1972.
Black marble nasa 2017.
This week april 12 2017 nasa scientists released the first new global map of earth at night since 2012.
Nasa has developed the black marble a daily calibrated corrected and validated product suite so nightlight data can be used effectively for scientific observations.
Scientists at nasa are working to automate nighttime viirs data processing so that data users are able to view nighttime imagery within hours of acquisition which could lead to other potential uses by research meteorological and civic groups.
View from the iss at night shows the beauty of.
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Night light maps open up new applications.
Released on april 25 2017.
This image is one of several global images of the earth at night released in 2017.