“Night view of Europe From Space.”

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This image of North America at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. The new data was mapped over existing Blue Marble imagery of Earth to provide a realistic view of the planet. Credit: #NASA Earth Observatory/NOAA NGDC.

They're computer models based on NASA satellite data. And they're gorgeous.