The image above which has been artificially brightened shows what india looked like from space on a night during diwali.
Satellite image of india during night.
If you are the lucky one during diwali every year the same message of nasa sharing visuals of india from space starts circulating with an image.
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This one is real.
The two images show how cities have grown and patterns of human settlements have changed across the country during those years nasa said.
As the event ended at 9 09 pm on the evening of april 5 the searches for the image spiked at 10 30 pm.
The search for the image from nasa by people can be seen on google trends.
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.
Visible channel 0 65 µm the channel 0 65µm lies in the visible region 0 4µm 0 7µm of the electromagnetic spectrum which can be seen with naked eye.
Nasa has just released new global maps of the earth at night the first since 2012.
While that turned out to be a fake image this one here is a 100 percent real.
Every single year without fail.
On the left is an image released by nasa earth observatory on december 5 2012 that shows india during diwali celebrations on the night of november 12 2012.
Remember the picture of india on diwali night that went viral some time back.
It also saw an immediate fall after that.
The stunning satellite images of earth at night referred to as night lights have been released every decade.
This picture shows the.
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Of course nasa s iconic and obviously fake satellite image of india celebrating diwali every year resurfaced on the internet.
While on image dates back to 2003 the other is form 2016.
People tried to also search for nasa satellite images of india.
Satellite images of earth at night often referred to.
The claim along with the photos is false.