The pics were taken by NASA astronauts from the International Space Station. At first, the pics were not interesting because all of them were blurred, but techniques and devices evolved over the years and now, you can have beautiful clear photos.
One interesting thing is that Tokyo seen by night is rather green while other cities are more orange/yellow. In fact, the majority of the urban area in Tokyo has light green mercury vapour lamps instead of orange sodium vapour lamps.
London and the south coast of England
Houston, Texas
El Paso, Texas; and Juarez, Mexico
Montreal, Canada
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Las Vegas, Nevada
Antwerp, Belgium
Chicago, Illinois
Tokyo Bay, Japan
Madrid, Spain
Athens, Greece
Cairo, Egypt
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Tel Aviv (left) and Jerusalem, Israel
Seoul, South Korea
Hong Kong, China
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles and San Diego, California
Phoenix, Arizona
Miami, Florida
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