ISS007 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Photographic Highlights

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ISS007-E-16525

ISS007-E-16525         Click the photo number to access all resolutions available and the database record.

Watching the World Go By: This image of Chicago at night shows patterns of the city center and major roads along the coast of Lake Michigan. This kind of photography is technically challenging because it requires long exposures. Ed’s predecessor, Don Petit, was a pioneer in expanding the detail to which cities can be photographed from orbit (for example São Paulo, Brazil or Los Angeles) ISS007-E-16525 (October 7, 2003, 50 mm lens).

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