Korea: The Korean Peninsula at night, shown in a composite photograph. The amount of light is a direct indicator of economic activity distinguishing South Korea from the unilluminated North. NASA, 8 December 2012

An image showing the Korean peninsula at night in the year 2012. A composite image, constructed using cloud-free night images taken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite.

These photographs were taken with the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), and the composite was published by NASA on December 5, 2012.

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