Above and Beyond: Global Image of Earth at Night
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It took 22 days to create this clear satellite picture of Earth's nighttime illumination.
Changing Solar System: Video Segments
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Title
Time
Insight Into: Impact Scars on Jupiter
02:26
Celestial Tour: Our Stormy Solar System
06:46
At a Glance: Seasons in the Solar System
03:30
Above and Beyond: Jupiter’s Moon Io
00:45
Above and Beyond: A Hurricane on Saturn
00:56
Myth vs Reality: Our Knowledge of the Solar System
00:40
Myth vs Reality: Observing Change in the Solar System
00:39
Above and Beyond: Neptune’s Clouds
00:48
Above and Beyond: Italy at Night
00:41
Above and Beyond: Wildfires by Day and Night
00:35
Above and Beyond: Night over Scandinavia
00:40
Above and Beyond: Mystic Mountain—Pillars and Jets in the Carina Nebula
00:33
Above and Beyond: Global Image of Earth at Night
00:42
Credits
Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach in collaboration with the NASA Earth Observatory.
All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA
except:
· Daytime photo of lightning in Arizona courtesy of Wikipedia user ed ouimette
· Photo of oil wells and flare in North Dakota courtesy of Tim Evanson
· Photo of fracking equipment in North Dakota courtesy of Joshua Doubek
· Photo of old and new San Francisco – Oakland Bay bridges courtesy of Frank Schulenburg
· Sea creature illustration copyright The National Library of Israel, Shapell Family Digitization Project _and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Geography – Historic Cities Research Project
Music courtesy of Associated Production Music
Written by Tracy Vogel
Designed by Marc Lussier
Transcript
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Text, The Earth is strung with a dazzling web of light in this 2012 satellite image.
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It took 22 days to create this clear picture of Earth's nighttime illumination.
The image reveals cities, fishing boats, wildfires, gas flares, and more.