New light, the light extinguished

Program DSMP / OLS captures the weak light sources on the ground. What does it mean? This means that the city can be seen not only giants, but small towns, as well as boats, and much more.
Networks of cities and towns in densely populated areas can be analyzed in time, as Lighting them is stable (stable light) - both throughout the year and for several years - and takes the satellite ground constantly, and then from the array to create a map of stable light source.
Map of growth and contraction in 10 years 1993-2003:
Red - a new light. appeared, orange etc. - High intensity light.
Blue - low intensity blue - light extinct
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Like Earth and the population is growing - and the intensity of light diminished ...



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