Earth at Night
Our Planet in Brilliant Darkness (With Original NASA Photographs)By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Length2h 30m
About this audiobook
Dazzling photographs and images from space of our planet's nightlights have captivated public attention for decades. In such images, patterns are immediately seen based on the presence or absence of light: a distinct coastline, bodies of water recognizable by their dark silhouettes, and the faint tendrils of roads and highways emanating from the brilliant blobs of light that are our modern, well-lit cities. For nearly 25 years, satellite images of Earth at night have served as a fundamental research tool, while also stoking public curiosity. These images paint an expansive and revealing picture, showing how humans have illuminated and shaped the planet in profound ways since the invention of the light bulb 140 years ago.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length2 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 2, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Earth at Night
55Unpopulated Slopes of an Active Volcano—Naples, Italy
2Foreword
56Dazzling Coastlines—Italy
3Preface
57Living on Fertile Land—Nile River, Egypt
4Acknowledgments
58The Winding Seine River and the City of Light—Paris, France
5An Introduction to Nightlights: Blue Marble Becomes Black Marble
59Lighting Paths to Oil—Qatar
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6Vision and Remote Sensing
60Snaking Along Canyon Cliffs—Haifa, Israel
7Seeing Is Sensing
61Differences in Socio-Economic Strategies—Korean Peninsula
8What Is Light?
62Now You See Them, Now You Don’t—Argentina
9Remote Sensing
63A Well-Lit Border, Indus River—Pakistan
10Orbiting Tools to Observe Nightlights
64Urban Development
11Improvements in ISS Photography—Northeastern United States
65Lighting Paths—Across the United States
12Coming into Focus—Cairo, Egypt
66The Brightest Spot on Earth—Las Vegas, Nevada
13Where Do Nightlights Come From?
67Rapid Urban Growth—Shanghai, China
14Beyond City Lights—Java Sea
68Turning Up the Lights—India
15Moonlight, Old Lights, and New Lights—Gulf of Mexico
69Olympics at Night—Sochi, Russia
16A World of Change
70Power Outages
17Nature’s Light Shows
71Hurricane Maria
18Fires
72Hurricane Maria into the Night—Puerto Rico
19Tracking Fires Day and Night—Northwest United States
73Lights Out—Puerto Rico
20Progression of the Rim Fire—Yosemite, California
74Hurricane Matthew
21Spreading Like Wildfire—Yakutia, Siberia, Russia
75Hurricane Matthew Brushes Florida Coast—Southeast United States
22City Lights, or Not—Australia
76Lights Out After Matthew—Southeast United States
23Billowing Smoke in the Night—Idaho and Montana
77Hurricane Michael
24Fires Light Up Mount Vesuvius—Naples, Italy
78Florida Slammed by Hurricane Michael—Florida Panhandle
25Volcanoes
79Michael Churns at Night—Florida Panhandle
26The Infrared Glows of Kilauea’s Lava Flows—Hawaii
80Lights Out in Michael’s Wake—Florida Panhandle
27Mount Tongariro Erupts—New Zealand
81Hurricane Sandy
28Nighttime Glow at Mount Etna—Italy
82Overnight View of Hurricane Sandy—Eastern United States
29Mount Etna Erupts—Italy
83Blackout—New Jersey and New York
30Moonlight and Moonglint
84Other Power Outages
31Moon Phases—Persian Gulf
85Lights Out in Hatteras—North Carolina
32Moonglint—Elba and the Mediterranean
86Rare Derecho Causes Power Outages—Washington, D.C.
33Clouds and Lightning
87Earthquake Aftermath—Nepal
34Marine Layer Clouds—California
88Effects of War
35A Blizzard by Moonlight—Northeastern United States
89Conflict in the Middle East—Syria
36Sensing Lightning from the ISS—Saudi Arabia and Bolivia
90Nightlights Change in the Middle East—Syria and Iraq
37Lightning—Japan
91Mining
38Elusive Sprite Captured from the ISS—Southeast Asia
92Shale Revolution: As Clear as Night and Day—South Texas
39The Electric Eye of Cyclone Bansi—Indian Ocean
93Ten Percent of the World’s Gas Flares in One Spot—Nigeria
40Snow and Ice
94Gas Flares in Bahía de Campeche—Gulf of Mexico
41Snow Cover—Great Lakes Region, United States
95Gas Drilling—North Dakota
42Polar Darkness—The Arctic
96Connection Between Gas Flaring and Arctic Pollution—North Dakota
43Auroras
97Sea-Going Vessels
44Aurora Borealis—Midwestern United States
98Something Fishy in the Atlantic Night—South Atlantic Ocean
45Looking Down at the Aurora—Northern Hemisphere
99Korea and the Yellow Sea—Korean Peninsula
46Aurora Lights Up the Night—Antarctica
100Holiday Lights
47Airglow
101Bursting with Holiday Energy—United States
48Airglow—Australia
102The Lights of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr—Middle East
49Night Colors—Russia
103Epilogue
50Waves in Airglow—Texas
104Appendix A
51Human Light Sources
105Appendix B
52Urban Structure
106Appendix C
53Constrained by Geography—Reno, Nevada
107Appendix D
54Grid of City Blocks—Phoenix, Arizona
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