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Light pollution in Europe
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this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2026
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Is there a distinct difference between the two images or is it "just another image"?
Just another image :/ (with only slightly more pixels)
Here is more MBs:
https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2025/12/europe_at_night_from_space/27044305-1-eng-GB/Europe_at_night_from_space.png
And a comparison between 2017 & 2022:
comparison between 2017 and 2022
(Via: esa.int/Europe_at_night_from_space)
And a bunch of neat pics over at wiki/Category:Europe_at_night_seen_from_space.
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(Europe, North Africa and Western Asia at night by VIIRS, 13,500 × 13,500 pixels)