Human settlement evidence is rampant in the river valley that snakes from the bottom center before an S-curve leads out at the top right. The land surrounding this river valley is universally a light brown shade and very mountainous.

A River Runs Through Fayzabad

Flanked by mountains, the capital of the Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan lies along a sharp bend in a valley sculpted by the Kokcha River. View the full story

Credits: NASA / Expedition 69 crew