, Friday, May 24, 2013
Photos of Earth are routinely taken high above the planet from the International Space Station. Here are a few taken in recent years of the Baltimore-Washington region.
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The District of Columbia seen from space at night
in December 2010. DCist noted you
can seen the shape of the diamond outlined by
lights. (Courtesy Image Science and Analysis
Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center)
Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D.C., seen at night on Dec. 18, 2010. (Courtesy Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center)
The District of Columbia and Potomac River as seen on Nov. 17, 2012. (Courtesy Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center)
The Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park and the Patuxent River as seen from space Nov. 17, 2012. (Courtesy Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center)
The Chesepeake Bay and its tributaries seen from
space on Sept. 9, 2011. (Courtesy Image Science
and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space
Center)
The District of Columbia seen from space Nov. 17, 2012. View more photos through Nasa's astronaut photography gateway. (Courtesy Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center)
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