Image of Europe extending to North Africa and Afganistan as seen at night from space
<p>Data courtesy Marc Imhoff of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> GSFC and Christopher Elvidge of NOAA NGDC.
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Image by Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon, NASA GSFC.
1994-10-01
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