TIME: "See How the View of Earth From Space Has Changed Over 21 Years"
by Chris Wilson
In honor of Earth Day 2017, TIME partnered with scientists at the Environmental Defense Fund to create a never-before-seen animation of 21 years of nighttime imagery of the Earth. The images were the subject of a recent paper on how this luminosity correlates to almost every major indicator of a nation’s well-being, from GDP to carbon emissions. Collected by EDF researcher Jeremy Proville from Department of Defense satellite footage, the images paint a composite picture of how the world has changed over two decades.
In: "See How the View of Earth From Space Has Changed Over 21 Years" by Chris Wilson, TIME.com (21 April 2017).
