ISS crews treat us to breathtaking images from space
While we have the benefit of looking up at the night sky from Earth, astronauts on the International Space Station get to view our planet from 260 miles up.
The crews of the ISS have managed to snap jaw-dropping pictures of our sprawling cities at night. Photos from the last few months alone have included vistas of Tokyo, Delhi and the manmade islands of Abu Dhabi.
This month NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli captured an incredible image of the sun's first rays illuminating Earth's atmosphere, while the bright lights of Chicago shone below.
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In January 2022, an amazing picture of Ireland and the United Kingdom at night was snapped.
Here we present a gallery of some of the impressive cities at night the space crews have captured.
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The city lights (bottom centre to far left) of Moscow and Saint Petersburg in Russia, to Helsinki, Finland, are framed by an aurora. Picture taken from the International space station (ISS), November 17 2023. (Image: ISS/NASA/SWNS)
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NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli aboard the International Space Station. Picture taken September 6 2023. (Image: NASA/SWNS)
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São Paulo, the most populous city in Brazil, can be differentiated by its bright street lights versus the darker street lights in the smaller city of Guarulhos (at right). Picture taken from the International space station (ISS), July 4 2022. (Image: ISS/NASA/SWNS)
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Baghdad, Tehran, UAE, Oman at night. Picture taken from the International space station (ISS), July 18 2023. (Image: ISS/NASA/SWNS)
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