HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) - Are you a geography buff? A science lover? NASA has the perfect challenge for you.
The U.S. space agency is asking for the public's help to tag hundreds of thousands of night photos of Earth, most taken from the International Space Station.
The photos are available in an online collection, where people can browse the images and help identify which cities and towns different clusters of lights are coming from.
The goal is to create an open atlas of nighttime photos, available to the media, the public and scientists. NASA believes the project could ultimately help save energy, contribute to better human health and safety and improve our understanding of atmospheric chemistry.
Complutense University of Madrid is leading the project, called Cities at Night.
Entities 0 Name: NASA Count: 2 1 Name: Complutense University of Madrid Count: 1 2 Name: HUNTSVILLE Count: 1 3 Name: U.S. Count: 1 4 Name: WHNT Count: 1 5 Name: Ala. Count: 1 6 Name: Earth Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1m8M3IQ Title: Image overload: Help us sort it all out, NASA requests Description: (CNN) -- NASA is asking for your help. No, you do not get to go to space. You do, however, get to view hundreds of thousands of images taken from space. Via The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, NASA is making available images ranging from the Mercury missions of the 1960s to photos recently snapped from the International Space Station.
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