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NASA’s Night Lights Map Shows a Planet Brightening, Dimming and Rewiring After Dark
A new NASA Earth Observatory feature highlights how nearly a decade of satellite night-light data reveals a more complex story than steady global brightening.
Key Takeaways
- NASA’s Black Marble analysis maps changes in nighttime light from 2014 to 2022.
- The data come from VIIRS instruments on Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20 and NOAA-21.
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DT Editorial Team··via science.nasa.gov