Earth at Night

By Michael Carlowicz

Design by Paul Przyborski

Black Marble: Spheres and Animations

2016 Animation

Full 360° animated rotation in high definition resolution (1920×1080 1080p MOV 49.3 MB)

2012 Animation

Full 360° animated rotation in high definition resolution (1920×1080 1080p MOV 48.7 MB)

Still Imagery

2012 Archive

View the 2012 Black Marble imagery.

Earth at Night: Flat Maps

Download Full Resolution (500m) By Region – 2016 Color

Each regional tile is 21600×21600 and available as a GeoTIFF or a JPEG.

Download Full Resolution (500m) By Region – 2012 Color

Each regional tile is 21600×21600 and available as a GeoTIFF or a JPEG.

Download Full Resolution (500m) By Region – 2016 Grayscale

Each regional tile is 21600×21600 and available as a GeoTIFF or a JPEG.

Download Full Resolution (500m) By Region – 2012 Grayscale

Each regional tile is 21600×21600 and available as a GeoTIFF or a JPEG.

Download Full Resolution (750m) By Region – v2012

Each regional tile is 13500×13500 and available as a GeoTIFF or a JPEG.