The data was acquired over nine days in april 2012 and 13 days in october 2012.
Real satellite view of earth at night.
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It took over nine days in april 2012 and thirteen days in october 2012 during 312 orbits at 824 kilometers 512 miles to capture the whole earth.
Shown below is a famous nasa image that is often called a satellite photo of earth at night it isn t really a photo instead it is an image that was compiled using data from a sensor aboard the nasa noaa suomi national polar orbiting partnership satellite launched in 2011.
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This composite image which has become a popular poster shows a global view of earth at night compiled from over 400 satellite images.
It took 312 orbits to get a clear shot of every parcel of earth s land surface and islands.
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The main image of the earth at night 2012 was captured by nasa using the suomi national polar orbiting partnership suomi npp satellite.
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The satellite orbits at an altitude of 705 kilometers above the earth in a near polar orbit around the earth from north pole to south pole.
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This new global view and animation of earth s city lights is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi npp satellite.
Nasa researchers have used these images of nighttime lights to study weather around urban areas.
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