The Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis Northern Lights and Southern Lights data is provided by | The brightest areas of the Earth are the most urbanized, but not necessarily the most populated compare western Europe with China and India |
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The interior jungles of Africa and South America are mostly dark | Further information can be obtained from the Earth Observatory article , and website |
The was created by using data from the 's , originally designed to view clouds by moonlight | 970 images, the map from 2012 comprises 349 |
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The Nile River, from the Aswan Dam to the Mediterranean Sea, is another bright thread through an otherwise dark region |
The Night Earth map shows the lights that are visible at night on the Earth's surface.
21The clouds layer is provided by | The 3D map was created using via and |
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The United States interstate highway system appears as a lattice connecting the brighter dots of city centers | In Russia, the Trans-Siberian railroad is a thin line stretching from Moscow through the center of Asia to Vladivostok |
Some regions remain thinly populated and unlit.
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