The Arteries of Ashgabat

Nighttime lights reveal the structure of Turkmenistan’s capital city.

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Astronaut photograph ISS071-E-672006 was acquired on September 16, 2024, with a Nikon Z9 digital camera using a focal length of 200 millimeters. It is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at NASA Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 71 crew. The image has 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 Andrea Wenzel, Amentum-JETS II Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published February 23, 2025
Data acquired September 16, 2024

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ISS > Digital Camera

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Astronaut Photography