Blackout in Andalusia

As the night closed in on Spain and Portugal on 28 April, polar satellites followed the blackout that lasted well into the early hours of the morning in several regions. While electricity was restored in most of the territory by evening, some areas remained in darkness longer.

Night-time images from NASA’s Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20 and NOAA-21 satellites captured the extent of the blackout and tracked the gradual electricity recovery from orbit.

The images show areas with both sustained power outages and restored light emissions during night-time.

In Eastern Andalusia, the provinces of Almeria and Granada show loss of urban luminosity until well into the early hours of the morning.

Image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory images.