New Year’s Clouds Seen From Space
Suomi NPP Image Of Northeastern United States
NASA
One of the first images acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in 2018 was this clear nighttime view of the northeastern United States.
On a frigid night lit by a nearly full Moon, city lights shone brightly amidst the snow-covered landscape.
With temperatures of 9 degrees Fahrenheit (-13 degrees Celsius) in New York City, the 2018 New Year’s Eve celebration at Times Square was the second coldest on record.
The image above was acquired by the VIIRS “day-night band,” a sensor that detects light signals in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared, and uses filtering techniques to observe signals such as city lights, auroras, wildfires, and reflected moonlight.
