Credit & Copyright: NASA,
International
Space Station
Explanation:
Can you identify a familiar area in the northeast USA just from nighttime lights?
It might be possible because many major cities are visible, including (right to left)
New York,
Philadelphia,
Baltimore,
Washington,
Richmond and
Norfolk --
Boston of the USA's
Northeast megalopolis
is not pictured.
The featured image was taken in 2012
from the
International Space Station.
In the foreground are two
Russian cargo ships
with prominent
solar
panels.
This Northeast megalopolis of the USA contains almost 20 percent of the people of
the
USA but only about 2 percent
of the land area.
Also known also as the
Northeast Corridor
and part of the
Eastern Seaboard,
about 10 percent of the world's largest companies are headquartered here.
The near continuity
of the lights seem to add credence to the 1960s-era prediction that the entire stretch
is evolving into
one continuous
city.
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