Tehran night lights from space

Night Light of Tehran (Tehrān) from space (Iran) Src. Average luminocity for 10x10km area is 100% and for 50x50km: 63.4269%.

2016 2012 2003 1995

Analysis of Tehran 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 25.08%
90-99 10.95%
80-89 6.63%
70-79 13.17%
60-69 5.51%
50-59 4.81%
40-49 4.73%
30-39 3.41%
20-29 6.03%
10-19 6.97%
0-9 12.71%

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

Map coordinates:

36° 15' 48.2" North, 50° 43' 6.2" East

35° 41' 39.8" North, 51° 25' 17.4" East

35° 7' 16.7" North, 52° 7' 28.7" East

Distances WxH: 127×127 km

Fantastic image of Tehran 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 Tehran sort by population:
Karaj 41.7 km =25.9 mi, 291°
Qarchak 32.7 km =20.3 mi, 154°
Shahre Jadide Andisheh 36.4 km =22.6 mi, 267°
Robāţ Karīm 38.5 km =23.9 mi, 232°
Shahrīār 33.1 km =20.6 mi, 263°
Malārd 40.3 km =25 mi, 265°
Sharīfābād 44.3 km =27.5 mi, 132°
Shahrak-e Emām Ḩasan 23.9 km =14.9 mi, 196°

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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, 2016-04-28