Satellite Image Of India On Diwali Night 2015

The image shows what india looks like from space on a typical diwali night or that matter on any night according to nasa.

Satellite image of india on diwali night 2015.

Saying that s an accurate representation of india during diwali is a lie though i m sure sehwag had no idea. Nasa releases satellite images of india on diwali night. Like the fake image this also is an image clicked in november 2012. 2015 11 23 satellite image of india at night on diwali by nasa.

12 november 2015 share so this picture has been doing the rounds since a couple of years and we ve always believed that it s a real image of india from up there all lit up on diwali night. The image you can see up there is india at night but it s not even a photograph. This picture shows the. In fact this is a fake claim that s been doing the rounds since 2012.

An image that claims to show the region lit for diwali has been circulating on social media websites and the internet in recent years. On the left is an image released by nasa earth observatory on december 5 2012 that shows india during diwali celebrations on the night of november 12 2012. These satellite images of the earth at night also referred to as night lights are released every decade. 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 image is based on data collected by the viirs day night band which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to. The viirs instrument on board is the nasa noaa suomi npp satellite which captures high resolution view of earth at night.