Beijing night lights from space

Night Light of Beijing from space (China) Src. Average luminocity for 10x10km area is 100% and for 50x50km: 86.1612%.

2016 2012 2003 1995

Analysis of Beijing night lights 2016

Square area 10x10 km:

100 100%
90-99 0%
80-89 0%
70-79 0%
60-69 0%
50-59 0%
40-49 0%
30-39 0%
20-29 0%
10-19 0%
0-9 0%

Square area 50x50 km:

100 37.16%
90-99 20.27%
80-89 12.3%
70-79 12.7%
60-69 7.8%
50-59 4.47%
40-49 2.5%
30-39 1.58%
20-29 1.22%
10-19 0%
0-9 0%

Clear (daylight) street map image can be seen on geolist.org.

Map coordinates:

40° 26' 41" North, 115° 41' 38.8" East

39° 54' 27" North, 116° 23' 50" East

39° 21' 57.7" North, 117° 6' 1.3" East

Distances WxH: 119.9×119.9 km

Fantastic image of Beijing from space taken by astronauts [src2], but I don't have information about it's orientation, scale or angle. If necessary, it was rotated manually, so North points approximately to upper direction. Click to zoom in:

Some cities around Beijing sort by population:
Langfang 51 km =31.7 mi, 150°
Mentougou 26.2 km =16.3 mi, 277°
Tongzhou 22.6 km =14 mi, 91°
Shunyi 32 km =19.9 mi, 41°
Daxing 19.5 km =12.1 mi, 197°
Fangshan 42.1 km =26.2 mi, 234°
Changping 37 km =23 mi, 338°
Liangxiang 29.5 km =18.3 mi, 229°

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Sources (retrieved 2019-11-25):
» NASA, Earths city lights 1995
» NASA city lights 2003
» Earth at Night: Flat Maps 2012, 2016
Src.2: Tim Kopra, Twitter/@astro_tim, 2016-03-20