Europa-bei-nacht_1-1024x768.jpg


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English: Composite image of Europe at night.

Français : Image composite de l'Europe la nuit.

Deutsch: Aus Satelliten-Aufnahmen der NASA zusammengesetztes Bild mit der " Lichtverschmutzung " durch die Städtebeleuchtung.

Date

23 October 2000

Source

NASA Visible Earth
cropped from Image:Earthlights dmsp.jpg by Luestling 14:17, 22. Mai 2005

from German Wikipedia [1]

Author

Data courtesy Marc Imhoff of NASA GSFC and Christopher Elvidge of NOAA NGDC.

Image by Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon, NASA GSFC .

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