In daylight, our big blue marble is all land, oceans and clouds.

白天，我們的藍色大大理石都是陸地、海洋和雲朵。

But the night is electric.

但夜色如電。

Seen from space, our planet comes alive with light.

從太空看，我們的星球充滿了光亮。

This new view of the Earth's night lights is a composite of data acquired by the polar orbiting Suomi NPP satellite.

這張地球夜光的新圖是由極地軌道Suomi NPP衛星獲取的數據合成的。

Aboard the satellite, a newly designed instrument called VIIRS is able to collect what scientists say is a remarkably detailed view of the Earth at night.

在衛星上，一個新設計的名為VIIRS的儀器能夠收集到科學家們所說的非常詳細的地球夜景。

In some places, city lights resemble solitary stars in the night sky.

在一些地方，城市燈光就像夜空中的孤星。

In other places, dense clusters of galaxies.

在其他地方，密集的星系團。

The satellite can even distinguish brightly lit boats that line Egypt's Nile River.

衛星甚至可以分辨出埃及'尼羅河上亮著的船隻。

And the massive flames from gas flares produced as a byproduct of oil and gas exploration in the Middle East.

而作為中東地區石油和天然氣勘探的副產品，天然氣燃燒彈產生的大量火焰。

As the satellite passes over the darkness of the Himalayas, it shows how human settlement is bound by natural borders.

當衛星經過喜馬拉雅山的黑暗時，它顯示了人類的居住是如何被自然邊界所束縛的。

Even political borders are starkly visible in this view of North and South Korea.

在北韓和韓國的這一視角中，連政治邊界都清晰可見。

And in a line of fishing boats that dot the Yellow Sea.

而在黃海上點綴的一排排漁船中。

But not all light is electric. Glowing just as bright, flaming wildfires burn across Australia.

但並非所有的光都是電光。燃燒著的野火在澳洲各地燃燒，同樣明亮。

This new view of the Earth at night offers a unique perspective for exploring the many places in which we live,

這種全新的地球夜景，為探索我們生活的眾多地方提供了一個獨特的視角。

and seeing the impact of human populations around the world, no matter how faint or how bright their lights shine.

並看到全世界人類人口的影響，無論他們的光芒有多微弱，有多明亮。