SOS - Change in Night Lights between 2012 and 2023
This animation of the Earth at night showcases NASA's Black Marble data. The animation begins by showing annual averages of nighttime lights from 2012 to 2023. The lights then fade away to reveal how night lights changed between 2012 and 2023, with regions of more light depicted in purple and regions with less light depicted in orange.
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This animation of the Earth at night showcases NASA's Black Marble data. The animation begins by showing annual averages of nighttime lights from 2012 to 2023. The lights then fade away to reveal how night lights changed between 2012 and 2023, with regions of more light depicted in purple and regions with less light depicted in orange. This version is displayed on an interactive 3D globe.
Still image of 2023 night lights on a globe
Still image of 2023 night lights on a globe
Still image of night lights change data (2012-2023) on a globe, with regions of more light depicted in purple and regions with less light depicted in orange.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizer
- Kel Elkins (USRA)
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Scientists
- Zhuosen Wang (University of Maryland)
- Miguel Román (Leidos)
- Ranjay Shrestha (SSAI)
- Srija Chakraborty (USRA)
- Virginia Kalb (NASA)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, May 16, 2025.
This page was last updated on Friday, May 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM EDT.
Datasets used
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Black Marble (Black Marble: Next Generation) [Suomi NPP: VIIRS]
ID: 1176Earth at night imagery
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data from Miguel Román, NASA GSFC.
This dataset can be found at: https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/144898/earth-at-night-black-marble-2016-color-maps/144947l
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Alternate Versions
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