Light and Dark Image Pair: South Pole

Light and Dark Image Pair: South Pole
  • Credit:

    Data: AVHRR, NDVI, Seawifs, MODIS, NCEP, DMSP and Sky2000 star catalog; AVHRR and Seawifs texture: Reto Stockli; Visualization: Marit Jentoft-Nilsen

Fully lit and fully dark (city lights) full disk image pair centered on the South Pole. The images were made from a combination of AVHRR, NDVI, Seawifs, MODIS, NCEP, DMSP and Sky2000 catalog data.

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NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration