Previously known as flash earth.
Satellite image of north america at night.
Explore the world in real time launch web map in new window noaa satellite maps latest 3d scene this high resolution imagery is provided by geostationary weather satellites permanently stationed more than 22 000 miles above the earth.
This image of north and south america at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the suomi npp satellite in april and october 2012.
East coast canada northern atlantic ocean caribbean gulf of mexico puerto rico tropical atlantic ocean eastern pacific ocean mexico central america south america north south america south.
Conus full disk northern rockies upper mississippi valley great lakes northeast southern rockies southern plains southern mississippi valley southeast u s.
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The satellite orbits at an altitude of 705 kilometers above the earth in a near polar orbit around the earth from north pole to south pole.
Shown below is a famous nasa image that is often called a satellite photo of earth at night it isn t really a photo instead it is an image that was compiled using data from a sensor aboard the nasa noaa suomi national polar orbiting partnership satellite launched in 2011.
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