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Lilongwe is the capital city of Malawi. Like many cities in Africa, it has seen phenomenal growth in the last 50...
ISS039-E-009160 (2 April 2014) --- This nighttime view featuring the aurora borealis, the moon and Moscow was...
STS078-760-010 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- As photographed with color infrared film by the crew of the Space Shuttle...
Riyadh, the national capital of Saudi Arabia, is shown in 1972, 1990 and 2000. Its population grew in these years...
STS078-742-051 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- One of the crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in Earth-orbit...
The largest city wall in the world is in Nanjing, China. It was built between 1366 and 1386 by the Ming Dynasty...
iss073e0120353 (May 19, 2025) --- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the Sooner State's capital and largest city with a...
iss069e000819 (April 4, 2023) --- The Faiyum Oasis (upper left) in Egypt, immediately west of the Nile river and...
iss064e023038 (Jan. 14, 2021) --- The brightly-lit west coast of the mountainous island nation of Taiwan is pictured...
iss069e032988 (July 18, 2023) --- The city light's of the port capital of Muscat, Oman, including the coastal...
iss061e120106 (Jan. 4, 2020) --- The lights of South Korean cities and fishing boats on the Sea of Japan and the...
DIANE CAIN, STANDING NEAR CENTER, OF NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER'S OFFICE OF HUMAN CAPITAL, SPEAKS TO AN...
iss070e030605 (Nov. 20, 2023) --- The Congo River encircles the island of Mbamu and splits two cities, both capitals...
iss072e447461 (Jan. 2, 2025) --- The well-lit island city and capital of United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi on the...
iss065e001923 (April 22, 2021) --- Istanbul, Turkey, connects Europe and Asia and is split by the Golden Horn and...
iss071e488809 (Aug. 14, 2024) --- Mexicali, the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California in the fertile...
iss070e060613 )Jan. 9, 2024) --- Perth, the capital of Western Australia with a population of 2.2 million on the...
ISS034-E-056011 (25 Feb. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station took...
iss067e139457 (June 15, 2022) --- As the Moon sets below Earth's horizon the atmosphere refracts, or bends, its...
Junior Girl Scouts from two locals conceils, Girl Scouts of Central Maryland and Girl Scouts of Nations Capital,...
iss072e445027 (Dec. 28, 2024) --- The city lights of Harbin, the capital of China's northernmost province of...
iss069e000843 (April 4, 2023) --- The Dead Sea (at left), on the border between the Middle Eastern nations of Israel...
ISS008-E-20656 (4 April 2004) --- This image featuring the Ukrainian city of Kiev on a reservoir on the Dnepr River...
iss073e0003716 (April 24, 2025) --- Seoul, South Korea, the capital of the nation on the southern half of the Korean...