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English: Hurricane Isaac by Night

NASA image acquired August 28, 2012

Annotated view here: bit.ly/RsFT9Y

Hurricane Isaac lit up by moonlight as it spins over the city of New Orleans, La., early on the morning of August 28, 2012. The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite captured these images with its Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). The "day-night band" of VIIRS detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses light intensification to enable the detection of dim signals.

Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Defense.

Image Credit: NASA/NOAA, Earth Observatory

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using VIIRS Day Night Band data.

Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
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Source http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79018
Author NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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