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Lights on Earth's surface - 2022

author: NASA/GSFC/Novapix

reference: t-glb54-00055

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 28 cm

This image shows changes in brightness across Europe, Africa and Asia. Yellow and gold areas are where there has been more brightening during the study period, from 2014 to 2022, and purple areas are where there has been more dimming. Internationally, nighttime light surged in China and northern India along with urban development, while LEDs and energy conservation measures coincided with reduced light pollution in Paris and throughout France (a 33 percent dimming), the UK (22 percent dimming), and the Netherlands (21 percent dimming). European nights dimmed sharply in 2022 during a regional energy crisis that followed the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Image made from observations from the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) sensors on the Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, and NOAA-21 satellites. It includes some artistic touches, such as simulated sunlight and shadows, while the nighttime lights data overlaid on the globe remain grounded in the scientific analysis.

Keywords for this photo:

2022 - AFRICA - ASIA - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EUROPE - GLOBAL VIEW - LIGHT - LIGHT POLLUTION - NIGHT - PLANET - SATELLITE IMAGE - SUOMI NPP -