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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                 2022 February 13   
      
                                  Earth at Night   
       Image Credit: NASA, Suomi NPP VIIRS; Data: Miguel Rom+ín (NASA GSFC);   
                            Processing: Joshua Stevens   
      
      Explanation: This is what the Earth looks like at night. Can you find   
      your favorite country or city? Surprisingly, city lights make this task   
      quite possible. Human-made lights highlight particularly developed or   
      populated areas of the Earth's surface, including the seaboards of   
      Europe, the eastern United States, and Japan. Many large cities are   
      located near rivers or oceans so that they can exchange goods cheaply   
      by boat. Particularly dark areas include the central parts of South   
      America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The featured image, nicknamed   
      Black Marble, is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures remade in   
      2016 from data taken by the orbiting Suomi NPP satellite.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: space for the heart   
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          Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)   
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