1 00:00:00,060 --> 00:00:04,140 When the sun goes down, the lights of human activity shine bright. 2 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,420 NASA scientists have just released the first new global map of Earth at night since 2012. 3 00:00:16,590 --> 00:00:20,700 The VIIRS instrument on board the NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP satellite captures a high-resolution view of... 4 00:00:20,700 --> 00:00:24,950 city lights... 5 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:37,080 boats on the water... 6 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,220 how people follow geography... 7 00:00:41,220 --> 00:00:45,250 population patterns... 8 00:00:53,530 --> 00:00:57,650 The new global map of night lights is a composite image