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ISS014-E-15258 (26 Feb. 2007) --- Kwangju, South Korea is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 14...
iss070e103326 (Feb. 28, 2024) --- The nightime lights of the Los Angeles, California, urban area were photographed...
iss070e103432 (Feb. 29, 2024) --- The nightime urban lights of the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area were...
Advanced Air Mobility will connect both urban dwellers and rural residents by adding a new way to travel by air. As...
iss070e013946 (Oct. 26, 2023) --- This nighttime view from the International Space Station shows the city lights of...
Riyadh, the national capital of Saudi Arabia, is shown in 1972, 1990 and 2000. Its population grew in these years...
STS081-750-048 (12-22 Jan. 1997) --- This photograph, made with a handheld 70mm camera aimed through the Space...
ISS022-E-078463 (28 Feb. 2010) ---The Houston metropolitan area at night is featured in this image photographed by...
Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, is one of the fastest growing cities in Africa. It was developed as a planned city,...
ISS028-E-050186 (15 Sept. 2011) --- This unique photographic angle, featuring the International Space Station?s...
ISS028-E-050184 (15 Sept. 2011) --- This unique photographic angle, featuring the International Space Station?s...
ISS028-E-050185 (15 Sept. 2011) --- This unique photographic angle, featuring the International Space Station?s...
ISS026-E-012474 (24 Dec. 2010) --- A night view of the Montreal metropolitan area is featured in this image...
S73-35078 (July-Sept. 1973) --- A nearly vertical view of the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area is seen in this...
This ASTER image was acquired on July 23, 2001 and covers an area of 64 x 72 km. The data were processed to create a...
ISS020-E-039932 (11 Sept. 2009) --- City of Dubai, United Arab Emirates is featured in this night view photographed...
This radar image shows the area west of the Nile River near Cairo, Egypt. The Nile River is the dark band along the...
This image of Houston, Texas, shows the amount of detail that is possible to obtain using spaceborne radar imaging....
ISS032-E-017635 (9 Aug. 2012) --- A nighttime view of Kuwait City is featured in this image photographed by an...
NASA’s vision for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is to map out a safe, accessible, and affordable new air...
ISS009-E-11537 (12 June 2004) --- Athens, Greece is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 9...
STS039-89-053 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- A 70mm, infrared frame of the city of San Francisco, taken on a clear day....
iss074e0043697 (Jan. 3, 2026) --- Egypt’s Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of about 22 million, is split...
SL3-88-053 (July-September 1973) --- A near vertical view of the Tennessee-Virginia-Kentucky border area is seen in...