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Nighttime Images of the Earth from Space

An unusual aspect of the earth is revealed in pictures recorded at midnight by U.S. Air Force weather satellites. The brightest lights on the dark side of the planet are giant waste-gas flares

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 239 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Nighttime Images of the Earth from Space” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 239 No. 1 (), p. 86
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0778-86