NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon and Jesse Allen
This image of the city lights of the U.S. at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012.
January 29, 2017
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January 29, 2017 midnight
Blinded by the light
On a clear night during the summer and winter, the bright band of the Milky Way spreads its stars arcing from south to north across the sky.