Egypt’s Nile River stretches from Luxor to Cairo

iss073e0422271 (July 18, 2025) --- Egypt’s Nile River stretches from Luxor—home to the ancient Valley of the Kings—at the far left of this nighttime view from the International Space Station, all the way to the sprawling metropolitan area of Cairo at the base of the Nile Delta. This photograph was taken at approximately 1:30 a.m. local time while the station was orbiting 259 miles above Earth.