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The city lights of Istanbul, Turkiye
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iss072e519796 (Jan. 23, 2025) --- The city lights of Istanbul, Turkiye, with a population of about 15.7 million split by the Bosphorus strait in between the Sea of Mammara and the Black Sea, are pictured at approximately 9:44 p.m. local time from the International Space Staation as it orbited 259 miles above.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineThe city lights of Istanbul, Turkiye. NASA/JSC, 2025-01-23. Public domain. ID: iss072e519796.
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