The International Space Station (ISS) serves many future needs as we look to the stars, but it is also a good way to look back at ourselves. The image above taken earlier this month aboard the ISS is an excellent example:
One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the International Space
Station photographed this nighttime image showing city lights in at
least half a dozen southern states from some 225 miles above the home
planet. Lights from areas in the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama, as well as some of the states that border them
on the north, are visible.
Image Credit: NASA
