Science and Exploration

Fishing Boats At Night Off The Coast of Bankok Seen From Orbit

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
April 9, 2016
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Fishing Boats At Night Off The Coast of Bankok Seen From Orbit
Fishing boats At Night
NASA/ESA

Tim Peake @Astro_TimPeake A sea of green fishing boats lights up the night.
A view of Bangkok (the bright city at left) to Ho Chi Minh City (the two bright dots) and Cam Ranh (the brightest patch at the right edge, in Vietnam. The land bottom left is Malaysia, the central city along the coastline is Besut. The photo was taken over Sumatra, looking north.

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