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NASA-NOAA Satellite Reveals New Views of Earth at Night

NASA Satellite Catches the Sun P-P-P-Popping Off
NASA Satellite Catches the Sun P-P-P-Popping Off by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
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WASHINGTON-- Scientists revealed today an unprecedented new appearance at our planet at evening. A global composite image, built using cloud-free night images from a brand-new NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite, shows the glow of natural and human-built phenomena throughout the planet in greater detail than ever previously. Numerous satellites are geared up to consider Earth throughout the day, when they can observe our planet fully brightened by the sun. With a new sensor onboard the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite launched last year, researchers now can observe Earth's atmosphere and surface during nighttime hours. The new sensor, the day-night band of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), is delicate enough to detect the nocturnal glow produced by Earth's atmosphere and the light from a solitary ship in the sea.

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Mitch Goldberg

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0.0354344"The use of the day-night band by the National Weather Service is growing," said Mitch Goldberg, ...
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Miller

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0.133143"It's like having three simultaneous low-light cameras operating at once and we pick the best of various cameras, depending on where we're looking in the scene," Miller said. ...
-0.273375"The night is nowhere as dark as we might think," Miller said. ...
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Steve Miller

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0"For all the reasons that we need to see Earth during the day, we also need to see Earth at night," said Steve Miller, ...
0"For all the reasons that we need to see Earth during the day, we also need to see Earth at night," said Steve Miller, a researcher at NOAA's Colorado State University Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere. "Unlike humans, the Earth never sleeps."
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James Gleason

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0.154303"The remarkable day-night band images from Suomi NPP have impressed the scientific community and exceeded our pre-launch expectations," said James Gleason, ...
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Organization: National Weather Service

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Organization: NPP

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