Astronaut captures spectacular view of river Nile at night from ISS; See pics

A NASA astronaut recently shared the spectacular view of the Nile river from the International Space station, captured in the night. The image, shared by astronaut Chris Cassidy was captured during ISS’ nighttime flyover above Cairo, Egypt. On September 9, taking to his official Twitter handle, Cassify shared the mesmeric picture of the river Nile with vibrant glow also ver with a caption, saying, water is life and that can be ascertained nowhere better than River Nile. 

Cassidy shared two images of the Nile delta region, as it appears glowy in the murky dark region. In the images, one could see the Egyptian population almost completely concentrated along the Nile Valley, concentrated about a small percentage of the country’s land area. The Nile can be seen lightened along the brilliant, long-stemmed stream of water in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Also, the Cairo metropolitan area can be seen in the shape of a bright lit complex network of city lights, demonstrating the human settlement in the region. 

“The smaller cities and towns within the Nile Delta tend to be hard to see amidst the dense agricultural vegetation during the day,” NASA said about one other photo of the Nile captured by astronaut Kelly, photographed past the halfway mark of his one-year mission to the International Space Station. 

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Human settlements visible from ISS

NASA explained that the lights were, in fact, the “settled areas and the connecting roads between them become clearly visible at night.” Likewise, NASA added, the urbanized regions and infrastructure along the Nile River becomes apparent in the dark in ISS photographs. Kelly had photographed the Nile River during a nighttime flyover on September 22, 2015. Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) wrote, “Day 179. The #Nile at night is a beautiful sight for these sore eyes. Good night from @space_station! #YearInSpace.” Users were rendered mesmerized at the pictures that they described as “giving different perspectives” and acknowledged the importance of the river Nile that provided for almost 86 percent of the Egyptian population. 

[The Nile River and its delta look like a brilliant, long-stemmed flower in this astronaut photograph of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea at night. Credit: ISS/NASA]

[A closer view of river Nile shot from ISS at night. Credit: NASA]

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