Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Viewed from space, Earth at night tells endless stories. Using satellite data, we can track population growth, natural disaster damage, cultural celebrations, and even space weather. Studying these glowing patterns helps us understand human activity, respond to disasters, and witness a changing world.
Music Credit: "Don't Tell Them," "Delicate Breeze," Universal Production Music.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio
Emme Watkins (eMITS): Lead Producer
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Tassia Owen (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Project Support
Christina Brooke Mitchell (eMITS): Project Support
Zhuosen Wang (University of Maryland): Scientist
Mike Carlowicz (NASA/HQ): Narrator
Kel Elkins (Science Systems and Applications Inc): Scientific Visualizer
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Viewed from space, Earth at night tells endless stories. Using satellite data, we can track population growth, natural disaster damage, cultural celebrations, and even space weather. Studying these glowing patterns helps us understand human activity, respond to disasters, and witness a changing world.
Music Credit: "Don't Tell Them," "Delicate Breeze," Universal Production Music.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio
Emme Watkins (eMITS): Lead Producer
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Tassia Owen (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Project Support
Christina Brooke Mitchell (eMITS): Project Support
Zhuosen Wang (University of Maryland): Scientist
Mike Carlowicz (NASA/HQ): Narrator
Kel Elkins (Science Systems and Applications Inc): Scientific Visualizer
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14872. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14872. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/.
If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: youtube.com/NASAGoddard
Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
· Instagram: instagram.com/nasagoddard
· X: twitter.com/NASAGoddard
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· Flickr: flickr.com/photos/gsfc
