Visit NASA's Home Page Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology View the NASA Portal Click to search JPL Visit JPL Home Page Proceed to JPL's Earth Page Proceed to JPL's Solar System Page Proceed to JPL's Stars & Galaxies Page Proceed to JPL's Technology Page Proceed to JPL's People and Facilities Photojournal Home Page View the Photojournal Image Gallery
Top navigation bar

PIA02991: Global City Lights
Global City Lights
Target Name: Earth
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)
Spacecraft: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)
Product Size: 2400 samples x 1200 lines
Produced By: Goddard Space Flight Center
Full-Res TIFF: PIA02991.tif (3.269 MB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA02991.jpg (250.4 kB)

Click on the image to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format (possibly reduced in size from original).

Original Caption Released with Image:
Global city lights. The Eastern U.S., Europe, and Japan are brightly lit by their cities, while the interiors of Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America remain (for now) dark and lightly populated. (Image by Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon, NASA GSFC. Based on data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program).

For more information on this image, please visit NASA's Earth Observatory site.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/GSFC

Latest Images Search Methods Animations Spacecraft & Telescopes Related Links Privacy/Copyright Image Use Policy Feedback Frequently Asked Questions Photojournal Home Page First Gov Freedom of Information Act NASA Home Page Webmaster
Bottom navigation bar