3D Night Lights
City lights seen from space — a five-night cloud-free composite of VIIRS day/night band radiance, draped over terrain.
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Data Source
VIIRS NOAA-20 Day/Night Band · NASA GIBS
How density maps to color. Rayshader matches the R originals — empty land stays pale, color builds only on real settlement. Quantile spreads the ramp by area so every city shows; Linear reserves the top colors for the densest core.
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ⓘ VIIRS NOAA-20 Day/Night Band · NASA GIBS · Terrain: AWS Terrain Tiles
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Processed by DataBandar