Earth Observation

ISS040-E-074022 (22 July 2014) --- Because of city lights, several points in the mid-east along the Eastern Mediterranean Sea coast and a bit inland can be delineated in this early morning view photographed by one of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station on July 22, 2014. A portion of the Mediterranean Sea is at the bottom of this image. The orbital outpost was flying at an altitude of approximately 223 nautical miles above a point the coordinates of which are 29.8 degrees north latitude and 32.3 degrees east longitude (near the Suez Canal) when the image was exposed, using an 85mm lens.