Brilliance at Night: The Americas in Darkness Wall Art Framed Canvas The nebula was first discovered

The nebula was first discovered by Sir John Herschel in 1834

Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS)

but create the illusion that we are peering through a window out onto the more distant sky

Shining brightly below the galaxy is a star that is actually within our own Milky Way galaxy

Brilliance at Night: The Americas in Darkness Wall Art Framed Canvas The nebula was first discoveredThis image of North and South America at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. The new data was mapped over existing Blue Marble imagery of Earth to provide a realistic view of the planet. For more such images of our planet, read Earth at Night, NASA's latest ebook that features dazzling photographs and images from space of Earths nightlights. For nearly 25 years, satellite images of