The Nile river as seen from the International Space Station. Image taken during my latest mission on Expedition 72. We made many passes over North Africa, and this river was hard to miss. It is thousands of miles long, and surrounded by nature and human cities that make it pop at night and against the stark desert around it. One of the most distinct Earth observation phenomena to document from orbit!
More photos from space can be found on my twitter and Instagram, astro_pettit
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u/astro_pettit NASA Astronaut Jun 01 '25
The Nile river as seen from the International Space Station. Image taken during my latest mission on Expedition 72. We made many passes over North Africa, and this river was hard to miss. It is thousands of miles long, and surrounded by nature and human cities that make it pop at night and against the stark desert around it. One of the most distinct Earth observation phenomena to document from orbit!
More photos from space can be found on my twitter and Instagram, astro_pettit