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Egypt’s Nile River stretches is pictured at night from the International Space Station
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iss073e0422279 (July 18, 2025) --- Egypt’s Nile River stretches from left to right in this nighttime view from the International Space Station, with the brightest city lights tracing its path from Minya to New Bani Sewf City, and onward to the sprawling metropolitan area of Cairo at the base of the Nile Delta. This photograph was taken at approximately 1:32 a.m. local time while the station was orbiting 259 miles above Earth.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineEgypt’s Nile River stretches is pictured at night from the International Space Station. NASA/JSC, 2025-07-18. Public domain. ID: iss073e0422279.
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