Like many large US metropolitan areas, the most brightly lit area corresponds to the highest density of buildings and typically indicates the urban core, in this case, downtown Baltimore at center. This night time infrared image of the Los Angeles metropolitan area was photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member aboard the International Space Station.Ī nighttime view of Baltimore, Md., was photographed by an Expedition 33 crew member in the International Space Station. The region was partially covered by clouds, probably low-hanging, or even fog. The Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area strung along the southwest shore of Lake Michigan. Philadelphia, New York City, Boston corridor (bottom center) is photographed, including western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge), Montreal (near center). A large dark region to the northwest of Jacksonville was the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge likewise the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains form dark swaths to the north of Atlanta and west of Charlotte, N.C., (center). The brightly lit metropolitan areas of Atlanta, Ga., (center), and Jacksonville, Fla., (lower right), appeared largest in the image with numerous other urban areas forming an interconnected network of light across the region. Large cities in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were near center. Long Island and the Greater Metropolitan area of New York City were visible in the lower right quadrant. area spanning almost to Rhode Island were visible in the scene. Large metropolitan areas and other easily recognizable sites from the Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. One of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station took this nighttime photograph of much of the eastern Atlantic coast of the United States.

Pictured: Central and Eastern Europe at night. NASA released a collection of night images of Earth, seen from the International Space Station.

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