Buenos Aires at Night

Buenos Aires is one of the larger cities seen by orbiting crews. Twelve million people, almost one third of all Argentines, live in this city, often called the “Paris of the South”.

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Astronaut photograph ISS006-E-24987 was taken February 8, 2003, with an Electronic Still Camera and is provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.

Published March 16, 2003
Data acquired February 8, 2003

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography