Satellite Image Of India On Diwali Night 2015

The viirs instrument on board is the nasa noaa suomi npp satellite which captures high resolution view of earth at night.

Satellite image of india on diwali night 2015.

Like the fake image this also is an image clicked in november 2012. The real picture of india from space on diwali night was taken on november 12 2012 by the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs on the suomi npp satellite. Nasa the national space agency of the u s on thursday released a black and white satellite imagery of india diwali night 2012 cautioning people against the fake image in circulation on the social. In fact this is a fake claim that s been doing the rounds since 2012.

12 november 2015 share so this picture has been doing the rounds since a couple of years and we ve always believed that it s a real image of india from up there all lit up on diwali night. These satellite images of the earth at night also referred to as night lights are released every decade. The image is based on data collected by the viirs day night band which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to. On november 12 2012 the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs on the suomi npp satellite captured this nighttime view of southern asia nasa said releasing a picture of india on this diwali night.

Nasa releases satellite images of india on diwali night. The image shows what india looks like from space on a typical diwali night or that matter on any night according to nasa. The image you can see up there is india at night but it s not even a photograph. An image that claims to show the region lit for diwali has been circulating on social media websites and the internet in recent years.

The image above which has been artificially brightened shows what india looked like from space on a night during diwali. 2015 11 23 satellite image of india at night on diwali by nasa.