Gaza Power Outage Observed From Space – NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Day/Night Band

Payne Institute Earth Observation Group observed using changes using their satellite VIIRS programming suite in the lighting during the ongoing conflict covering Gaza, the West Bank and much of Israel spanning August 1, 2023, to October 11, 2023.  There are controls on the bottom of the image to advance the frames one by one, to stream the temporal loop and to adjust the speed of the looping. The loop shows that lighting in Gaza is dimmer than the lighting in Israel.  The influence of clouds can be seen in blocking and blurring the detection of lights.  During the full moon reflectance is detected from the land surface outside the lit areas.  The lights in Gaza are absent on October 8 and 9 and are abnormally dim on October 10, 2023.  October 12. 2023.