SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES FROM SPACE AT NIGHT

in #space4 years ago

South African cities captured from space.
Look at these beautiful South African cities all lit up.

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Johannesburg from space.

These South African Cities were captured in all their spectacular night time beauty from the International Space Station.
Astronauts aboard the ISS are keen photographers, with many posting magnificent images of the Earth as seen from this incredible height.

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Cape Town.

NASA astronaut Doug Hurley posted the photos he took from his post aboard the ISS to his Twitter feed and Instagram account.

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Pretoria

Hurley only recently arrived on the ISS, after being part of the flight crew for the first successful manned launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon which launched May 30, 2020.

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It looks like a beautiful piece of modern art. As a student many moon years ago, I used to sit and watch the Pretoria city lights at night, it was absolutely mesmerizing. Thank you so much for sharing.