{"id":9758,"date":"2026-05-15T18:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9758"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:36:42","slug":"nasa-maps-show-earths-brightest-and-darkest-regions-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9758","title":{"rendered":"NASA maps show Earth&#8217;s brightest and darkest regions at night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>New maps from NASA using nearly a decade&#8217;s worth of data show how the use of artificial light has shifted over the years. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To make the maps, NASA researchers analyzed data collected by its &#8220;Black Marble&#8221; program, which uses a specialized sensor to capture low-light imagery of Earth at night. The data was collected by three different satellites between 2014 and 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Researchers expected to find &#8220;a gradual increase in artificial light at night&#8221; over the years, NASA said in a news release. What they discovered was &#8220;much more nuanced patterns&#8221; of light radiance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The analysis portrays a world flickering with industrial booms and busts, construction, and blackouts, as well as more gradual shifts, such as policy-driven retrofits,&#8221; NASA said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/fba182da-cc29-46bf-9d18-b9373c484128\/thumbnail\/620x721\/3db922f5ff7f4b0c21c7bbe480164c15\/nightlights-20142022.jpg#\" alt=\"nightlights-20142022.jpg \" height=\"721\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/fba182da-cc29-46bf-9d18-b9373c484128\/thumbnail\/620x721\/3db922f5ff7f4b0c21c7bbe480164c15\/nightlights-20142022.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/fba182da-cc29-46bf-9d18-b9373c484128\/thumbnail\/1240x1442\/ca8ded25820d3ee36fa961c9f6e1409c\/nightlights-20142022.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A rendition of the Black Marble data collected by NASA. Purple shows spots of dimming, while gold shows spots of brightening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA Earth Observatory\/Michala Garrison<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The researchers found that each location examined by the sensors underwent several distinct shifts over the nine years data was collected. During that time, radiance increased 34%, while dimming offset it by 18%, the researchers said. Both lighting and dimming &#8220;markedly intensified over the past decade,&#8221; the researchers said in a study published in the academic journal Nature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This evidence of increasing volatility in human night-time activity provides an important dynamic dimension for understanding urban evolution, energy transitions, policy impacts and ecological consequences of rapidly changing illuminated nights,&#8221; the researchers wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, West Coast cities grew brighter as populations increased. On the East Coast, there was more dimming, which the researchers attributed to the use of energy-efficient lightbulbs and &#8220;broader economic restructuring.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/011bf8d4-721b-419d-8048-0dfcf126b5c5\/thumbnail\/620x413\/91c5d60d059404ec850d912f4e43d2c1\/nightlights-global-20142022.jpg#\" alt=\"nightlights-global-20142022.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/011bf8d4-721b-419d-8048-0dfcf126b5c5\/thumbnail\/620x413\/91c5d60d059404ec850d912f4e43d2c1\/nightlights-global-20142022.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/011bf8d4-721b-419d-8048-0dfcf126b5c5\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/3cb79858ceb8e41c1b315daebd1dd7d1\/nightlights-global-20142022.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An analysis of the Black Marble data collected by NASA. Purple shows spots of dimming, while gold shows spots of brightening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA Earth Observatory\/Michala Garrison<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Worldwide, nights grew brighter in China and northern India, as urban development expanded. Throughout Europe, there was a pattern of dimming likely caused by energy conservation measures, and a sharp drop-off in 2022 after the war in Ukraine led to a regional energy crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This global, high-resolution analysis &#8230; refines and expands our understanding of how humanity is altering the night environment,&#8221; the researchers wrote in their published paper. &#8220;Our findings show that the human light footprint is not a universally expanding entity but a dynamic system, characterized by the pervasive coexistence of brightening and dimming.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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