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California’s Silicon Valley As Seen From Orbit

By Keith Cowing
Status Report
NASA
September 29, 2023
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California’s Silicon Valley As Seen From Orbit
Silicon Valley
NASA

The southern portion of San Francisco Bay in California is surrounded by the Silicon Valley region, famed for its high technology industries, which includes numerous suburbs such as Stanford, Palo Alto, San Jose, and Fremont.

The International Space Station was orbiting 258 miles above the Pacific coast at the time of this photograph.

iss069e016644 (May 31, 2023) – Larger image

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