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Image: Houston, Texas at Night 2010-02-28

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Description: The image depicts the roughly 100-kilometer (60-mile) east-west extent of the Houston metropolitan area. Houston proper is at image center, indicated by a “bull’s-eye” of elliptical white- to orange-lighted beltways and brightly lit white freeways radiating outwards from the central downtown area. Suburban and primarily residential urban areas are indicated by both reddish-brown and gray-green lighted regions, which indicate a higher proportion of tree cover and lower light density. Astronaut photograph ISS022-E-78463 was acquired on February 28, 2010, with a Nikon D3 digital camera and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 22 crew.
Title: Houston, Texas at Night 2010-02-28
Credit: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=43196&src=eoa-iotd
Author: NASA - Astronaut photograph ISS022-E-78463
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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