Figure 1. Examples of the results of manual selection of ASTER/VNIR images. The background images are false color 
composite of ASTER/VNIR. The white lines represent the boundary of the crowd of cities. (a) La Romana 
(Dominican Republic), (b) Sao Paulo (Brazil), (c) Gagnoa (Republic of Cote d'Ivoire), (d) Yamoussoukro (Republic 
of Cote d'Ivoire) , (e) Koln (Germany), (f) Rockford (United States of America) 
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