Astronomy Picture of the Day: Earth At Night
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html

R. Simon, Goddard Space Flight Center


NASA Astronomy Photo of the Day website hosted this photo of Earth at night in November 2000. The photo shows what Earth looks like at night with urban centers highlighted by concentrations of city lights. The image is a composite of hundreds of satellite photographs taken by orbiting Defense Meteorological Satellites Program satellites.

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Part of the Starting Point collection. The Starting Point collection includes resources addressing the needs of faculty and graduate students designing, developing, and delivering entry-level undergraduate courses in geoscience.

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Subject: Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Grade Level: General Public
Earth System Topics: Solar System and Astronomy
Theme: Teach the Earth:Teaching Environments:Intro Geoscience, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Planetary Science