Blackout in Spain, the return of light seen by satellites

On 28 April, after 12.33 p.m., the Iberian peninsula suffered a large blackout that was captured from space. Three NASA satellites continued from their polar orbits the interruption of the power supply, which lasted at several points until early in the morning, and its gradual return. US space agency Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20 and NOAA-21 satellites overflew Spain and Portugal six times between dusk and dawn, recording a series of snapshots documenting …

An episode useful to the research of the Esa on light pollution (ANSA)

The European Space Agency (ESA) publishes early-morning images of April 29, when areas of Spain and Portugal were still without electricity. They were taken by three NASA polar satellites and contrast with the usual nocturnal image of the Peninsula Read

On April 28, as the sun was falling on the Iberian Peninsula, much of Spain and Portugal were recovering light after a total blackout that left 55 million people without electricity. However, in some areas the cut persisted until the morning of 29. During that night, three NASA satellites (Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20 and NOAA-21) captured the extension of the blackout and tracked the gradual recovery of electricity from Earth's orbit. Continue reading

The nightly images of the Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20 and NOAA-21 satellites of NASA captured the extension of the interruption and monitored the gradual recovery of energy from space. In these registers there are visible areas with extended energy cuts and with the provision of energy restored during the night, the European Press agency announced on Tuesday. The three satellites, orbiting the Poultry Land, made six crossings over Spain and Portugal betw…

The nightly images of the Suomi-NPP satellites, NOAA-20 and NOAA-21 of NASA captured the extension of the interruption and monitored the gradual recovery of energy from space.