{"id":31558,"date":"2012-07-04T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=31558"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:27:11","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:27:11","slug":"nasa-shows-off-city-lights-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/07\/04\/nasa-shows-off-city-lights-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA shows off city lights at night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U7WuSP663uU\" width=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The lights that make our skies glow at night are a symbol of how our civilization has grown, but ti wasn&#8217;t until the last two decades where detailed images could really show the imprint our urban centres have had on the landscape.<\/p>\n<p>This video from NASA \u2014 albeit, one of the most boringly narrated videos ever produced \u2014 examines how cities from around the world look at night. 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