Mecca night lights from space

Night Light of Mecca (Makkah) from space (Saudi Arabia) Src. Average luminocity for 10x10km area is 99.9621% and for 50x50km: 67.6244%.

2016 2012 2003 1995

Analysis of Mecca night lights 2016

Square area 10x10 km:

100 96.4%
90-99 3.6%
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 19.8%
90-99 13.09%
80-89 7.26%
70-79 11.45%
60-69 16.65%
50-59 6.4%
40-49 5.2%
30-39 4.92%
20-29 4.49%
10-19 7.1%
0-9 3.62%

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

Map coordinates:

22° 4' 46.9" North, 39° 7' 21" East

21° 25' 35.9" North, 39° 49' 32.3" East

20° 46' 14.4" North, 40° 31' 43.5" East

Distances WxH: 145.6×145.6 km

Fantastic image of Mecca 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 Mecca sort by population:
Jeddah 66.5 km =41.3 mi, 276°
Ta’if 63.5 km =39.5 mi, 105°
Ash Shafā 64.5 km =40.1 mi, 127°
Rābigh 172.9 km =107.4 mi, 331°
Turabah 188.7 km =117.3 mi, 97°
Al Jumūm 25.3 km =15.7 mi, 328°
Al Mindak 207 km =128.6 mi, 132°
Al Hadā 47.7 km =29.6 mi, 99°

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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: Anton Shkaplerov on Twitter Mecca