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In this grayscale image the valley broadens from a narrow point in the top left to a cone that spans the center of the right edge to the lower bottom right. The lighting of a town can be vividly seen as white against the backdrop of craggy landscape filled with valleys leading to the low center where the Kamchatka river appears completely dark. The land surrounding this valley seems to be completely blacked out.

Kamchatka at Night

Moonlit mountains and illuminated towns highlight geographic features on this sparsely populated Russian peninsula. View the full story

Image Credit: NASA / Expedition 70 crew
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TakenDecember 31, 2023
Image CreditNASA / Expedition 70 crew
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