Tag result for article published on Tue January 01 2013 12:17 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: city lights, NASA, photo-featured, Satellite, Suomi NPP
Composite map of the world assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite for nine days in April 2012 and 13 days in October 2012. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/NOAA NGDC. Scientists unveiled on December 5, 2012, an unprecedented look at planet Earth at night. A global composite image, constructed using cloud-free night images from [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu September 22 2011 8:41 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: falling satellite, NASA, Satellite, UARS
Screen shot of UARS tracking graphic from n2yo.com at about 8:50 a.m. CDT showing satellite headed over Madagascar (Chicago time). UPDATE: The satellite is reported to have fallen as it was traveling eastward over Canada, the Atlantic Ocean and Africa between 10:23 p.m. CDT Friday September 23, 2011 and 12:09 a.m. CDT Saturday September 24, [...]
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