Satellite View Of India On Diwali 2017

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Satellite view of india on diwali 2017. All alone in the night time lapse footage of the earth as seen from the iss duration. The last picture in the image section shows the same. The photoshopped picture was circulated year after year but people are wise to it now. 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.
The viirs instrument on board is the nasa noaa suomi npp satellite which captures high resolution view of earth at night. Hindu festival diwali also known as festival of light. This picture shows the. The celebration which has roots as a harvest festival usually falls between mid october and mid november.
Therefore the picture shown is not a satellite image of india during diwali night. On that day hindus around the world light lamps candles and firecrackers as part of a five day festival. Nighttime view of southern asia. These satellite images of the earth at night also referred to as night lights are released every decade.
However nasa has recently released a satellite image of india during diwali night as taken on november 12 2012. A picture of india on diwali taken from space by nasa has by now become a standing joke.