Science and Exploration

The U.S. East Coast from the ISS

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
September 28, 2013
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The U.S. East Coast from the ISS
U.S. east coast.
NASA

One of three Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 18 photographed this high oblique night image showing dozens of major cities and communities on the east coast and points west toward the Great Lakes area, and even areas to the southwest.
Long Island, NY is a tell-tale identifier as it juts out into the Atlantic Ocean in the lower right portion of the image. The estuary known as Long Island Sound is also visible at lower right. The New York metropolitan area is largely visible below the tip of one of the space station’s solar array panels.

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