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Cairo’s Colorful Nightscape

The older and newer cities of the Greater Cairo region look very different at night when viewed from above.


Astronaut photographs ISS069-E-37411-37414 were acquired on July 26, 2023, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 400 millimeters. They are provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The images were taken by a member of the Expedition 69 crew. The images have been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by Sara Schmidt, GeoControl Systems, JETS II Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published January 12, 2025
Data acquired July 26, 2023

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ISS > Digital Camera
Collections:
Astronaut Photography
Earth at Night