City lights trace the Japanese coastline underneath a dim yellow-green airglow

iss073e0703552 (Sept. 18, 2025) --- City lights trace the Japanese coastline underneath a dim yellow-green airglow in this nighttime view across the Sea of Japan, revealing the metropolitan areas (from left to right) of Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, and Nagoya. The International Space Station was orbiting 262 miles above Russia’s far eastern coast when this image was captured at approximately 11:29 p.m. local time.