File:Southern Italian Peninsula at Night.JPG
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This astronaut photograph highlights the night-time appearance of the southern Italian Peninsula. The toe and heel of Italy’s “boot” are clearly defined by the lights of large cities such as <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Naples" class="mw-redirect" title="Naples">Naples</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bari" title="Bari">Bari</a>, and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brindisi" title="Brindisi">Brindisi</a>, as well as numerous smaller cities and towns. The bordering Adriatic, Tyrrhenian, and Ionian Seas appear as dark regions to the east, west, and south. The city lights of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Catania" title="Catania">Catania</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sicily" class="mw-redirect" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, are also visible. The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> (ISS) was located over an area of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Romania">Romania</a>, close to the capital city of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bucharest" class="mw-redirect" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a> (approximately 945 kilometres to the north-east) at the time this image was taken. Part of a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Solar_panel" title="Solar panel">solar panel</a> array on a docked Russian spacecraft is visible in the foreground. The distance between the image subject area and the position of the photographer, as well as the viewing angle looking outwards from the ISS, contributes to the foreshortened appearance of the Italian Peninsula and Sicily.
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| current | 05:37, 4 January 2017 | | 4,256 × 2,832 (1.76 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | This astronaut photograph highlights the night-time appearance of the southern Italian Peninsula. The toe and heel of Italy’s “boot” are clearly defined by the lights of large cities such as <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Naples" class="mw-redirect" title="Naples">Naples</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bari" title="Bari">Bari</a>, and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brindisi" title="Brindisi">Brindisi</a>, as well as numerous smaller cities and towns. The bordering Adriatic, Tyrrhenian, and Ionian Seas appear as dark regions to the east, west, and south. The city lights of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Catania" title="Catania">Catania</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sicily" class="mw-redirect" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, are also visible. The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> (ISS) was located over an area of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Romania">Romania</a>, close to the capital city of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bucharest" class="mw-redirect" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a> (approximately 945 kilometres to the north-east) at the time this image was taken. Part of a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Solar_panel" title="Solar panel">solar panel</a> array on a docked Russian spacecraft is visible in the foreground. The distance between the image subject area and the position of the photographer, as well as the viewing angle looking outwards from the ISS, contributes to the foreshortened appearance of the Italian Peninsula and Sicily. |
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