GOES is primarily assigned in monitoring the weather particularly the development of storms and hurricanes in different parts of the earth. This breathtaking view of our planet was obtained by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-8) on June 22, 1996. Here’s an amazing picture of the earth in crescent. It’s Los Angeles from space, seen at night. Here’s one of the brightest cities in the world. You can see the ring road that surrounds London, as well as the path of the Thames river. You can see the brightest areas are the most densely populated, and the less dense areas are dimmer. This space pic from night shows the city of London. The blue green glow in the photograph comes from the mercury vapor lighting that lines the streets of the city. This night space image shows the city of Tokyo at night. It might look upside down, but that’s because it was captured from the International Space Station as it was passing over the city. Here’s a photo of the city of Chicago at night. And you can also see vast regions of the Earth which are totally dark. You can easily see cities and towns in North America, Asia and Europe. Here’s a photo of the entire Earth, seen from space at night.

Earth from Space at Night Earth from Space at Night

Earth view from space station