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Jacqueline Coesfeld has developed a method to correct monthly Day/Night Band data from @eogatpayne to center areas with no light at zero. Link to the paper: mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/1…

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There's a problem with viewing the Earth at night from space: the surface of the Earth is never actually "dark". Space based sensors view the Earth's through a glowing atmosphere. (Image iss061e110462.jpg)
On top of that, starlight is actually pretty bright.
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