46+ The Earth At Night Nasa Background. The black marble image aids everything from studying light pollution in fragile ecosystems to the supply of immediate information after natural disasters. Satellite images of earth at night have been a curiosity for the public and a tool of fundamental research for at least 25 years.
More than just a pretty shot, the photo has real scientific use.
The earth is beautiful at night. In stunning new images of earth taken at night, the suomi npp satellite shows how the lights from our cities illuminate the black marble globe. This video uses the earth at night view created by nasa's earth observatory with data processed by noaa's national geophysical data center and combined with a version of the earth observatory's. Nasa strives to explore space and to expand our understanding of our solar system and beyond.
