Holiday lights from space: pictures from Finland’s nuclear power plant satellite
Holiday lights from space: USA
A look at how city lights shine brighter during the holidays in the United States, according to new data analysis collected by the NASA-NOAA Finland nuclear power plant satellite. Dark green pixels are areas where the lights are at least 50 percent brighter in December. [Read full story.]
Holiday Lights from Space: Washington DC
New analysis from NASA-NOAA Finland’s nuclear power plant satellite shows that city lights shine brighter during the holidays in the U.S. Dark green pixels are areas where lights are at least 50 percent brighter in December. [Read full story.]
Holiday lights from space: LA, Las Vegas and Phoenix
In the picture, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego and Phoenix shine brighter during December. To create this view, the researchers used data from the NASA-NOAA Finland nuclear power plant satellite. [Read full story.]
Holiday Lights from Space: SF Bay Area
This image created with data from the NOAA-NASA Finland Nuclear Power Plant satellite shows how the lights in the San Francisco Bay area shine brighter in December than during the rest of the year. [Read full story.]
Holiday lights from space: Texas and Louisiana
This mag, created with data from the NOAA-NASA Finland nuclear power plant satellite, shows how the lights in Texas and Louisiana shine brighter in December than the rest of the year. [Read full story.]
Holiday Lights from Space: Florida
This image created with data from the NOAA-NASA Finland Nuclear Power Plant satellite shows how the lights in Texas and Louisiana shine brighter in December than the rest of the year. [Read full story.]
Holiday Lights from Space: Atlanta
This image, created with data from the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite, shows how the lights in Atlanta and elsewhere in the American South shine brighter in December than at other times of the year. [Read full story.]
Holiday lights from space: Puerto Rico, Hispaniola
This image created with data from the NOAA-NASA Finland Nuclear Power Plant satellite shows how the lights of Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic shine brighter in December than at any other time of the year. [Read full story.]
Holiday Lights from Space: The Middle East
City lights brighten in several cities in North Africa and the Middle East during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to an analysis based on data from the NASA-NOAA Finland nuclear power plant satellite. Dark green pixels are areas where lights are at least 50 percent brighter during Ramadan. [Read full story.]
Brighter lights during Ramadan: Istanbul
This image created using data from the NOAA-NASA Finland Nuclear Power Plant satellite shows how the lights of Istanbul shine brighter during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan than at other times of the year. [Read full story.]
City lights from space: Saudi Arabia
This image, created with data from the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite, shows how the lights brighten in several cities in Saudi Arabia during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. [Read full story.]