picture of the earth at night from space

While Venus and Mars will be easily visible to the naked eye, observing brightening Mercury and dimming Jupiter may require stargazing binoculars or a telescope. Starting from March 23 and continuing till March 30, sky-watchers can observe a rare sight of the waxing crescent Moon seemingly touring five planets: Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, and Mars, visible soon after sunset. If you have missed the conjunction of Venus and Moon, then don't fret! Just look up as you may witness another surreal view of the five planetary parade. Tonight, a growing crescent Moon will be visible near the Pleiades star cluster from various locations across the planet. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.On March 24, some locations witnessed the Moon occulting or passing in front of Venus. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio / Earth ObservatoryĬlick here to view all of the Earth at Night 2012 imagesĬlick here to read more download or read more about this video This video uses the Earth at night view created by NASA's Earth Observatory with data processed by NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center and combined with a version of the Earth Observatory's Blue Marble: Next Generation. It took 312 satellite orbits and 2.5 terabytes of data to get a clear shot of every parcel of land surface.

This new image is a composite of data acquired over nine days in April and thirteen days in October 2012. The day-night band on VIIRS detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe signals such as city lights, gas flares, and wildfires. A joint program by NASA and NOAA, Suomi NPP captured this nighttime image by the satellite's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). This view of Earth at night is a cloud-free view from space as acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership Satellite (Suomi NPP). In daylight our big blue marble is all land, oceans and clouds. Unprecedented New Look at Our Planet at Night

Picture of the earth at night from space