The Nile river as seen from the International Space Station. Image taken during my latest mission on Expedition 72. We made many passes over North Africa, and this river was hard to miss. It is thousands of miles long, and surrounded by nature and human cities that make it pop at night and against the stark desert around it. One of the most distinct Earth observation phenomena to document from orbit!
More photos from space can be found on my [twitter](https://x.com/astro_Pettit) and Instagram, astro_pettit
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Wow, just a thin ribbon of green and development laid upon a stark and brutal environment. I love it, thanks for sharing.
x_lyou on
Wow, that’s a great shot! I can even see the Valley of the Kings!
wo0two0t on
How I’d love to see a timelapse of this river for the last 5k years.
timshel42 on
likely a huge future geopolitical flashpoint with the mega dam project
Derrickmb on
I would love to sample that water and see what trends there are with disease by length if any
CantHostCantTravel on
The Nile _is_ Egypt. Literally that’s the entire country. Just one narrow strip of land stretching for hundreds of miles through lifeless wastes.
Jutemp24 on
This is stunning!
Can I buy prints of these somewhere? Or buy a high-res file so that I can print it for myself?
xalaux on
Went on a cruise down the Nile a couple decades ago, the landscape is so beautiful, you could see wilderness for some 100m after the coast and then desert to the horizon. Truly a natural wonder.
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The dark contrast with the delicate pink in the desert is incredible.
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The Nile river as seen from the International Space Station. Image taken during my latest mission on Expedition 72. We made many passes over North Africa, and this river was hard to miss. It is thousands of miles long, and surrounded by nature and human cities that make it pop at night and against the stark desert around it. One of the most distinct Earth observation phenomena to document from orbit!
More photos from space can be found on my [twitter](https://x.com/astro_Pettit) and Instagram, astro_pettit
Wow, just a thin ribbon of green and development laid upon a stark and brutal environment. I love it, thanks for sharing.
Wow, that’s a great shot! I can even see the Valley of the Kings!
How I’d love to see a timelapse of this river for the last 5k years.
likely a huge future geopolitical flashpoint with the mega dam project
I would love to sample that water and see what trends there are with disease by length if any
The Nile _is_ Egypt. Literally that’s the entire country. Just one narrow strip of land stretching for hundreds of miles through lifeless wastes.
This is stunning!
Can I buy prints of these somewhere? Or buy a high-res file so that I can print it for myself?
Went on a cruise down the Nile a couple decades ago, the landscape is so beautiful, you could see wilderness for some 100m after the coast and then desert to the horizon. Truly a natural wonder.
The dark contrast with the delicate pink in the desert is incredible.