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# Long description

A composite of photos taken from satellite by NASA and put into a flat world projection. It shows the lights that can be seen from above the world, with the bright areas across the USA, southern Canada and Europe, Japan, northern China, India, parts of central America, Russia and parts of the Middle East; there are also lights on the coastal areas of South America, some bright spots in South Africa and on the coast of Australia. The dark areas are most of Africa, northern Canada and Alaska, central and eastern China, and most of Australia.