diff --git a/src/_posts/2023-08-03-488350.md b/src/_posts/2023-08-03-488350.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..98636f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/_posts/2023-08-03-488350.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +---json +{ + "date": "2023-08-03T12:02:00-04:00", + "title": "Baghdad from the International Space Station", + "canonicalUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/baghdad-from-the-international-space-station", + "imageUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e032946orig.jpg", + "imageAlt": "The city lights of Baghdad, Iraq, split by the Tigris River, are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the Middle Eastern nation.", + "author": "Monika Luabeya" +} +--- + +United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi captured this image of the city lights of Baghdad, Iraq, and the Tigris River on July 18, 2023, as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above the Middle Eastern nation. Since the station became operational in November 2000, crew members have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, oceans, and atmosphere of Earth, and even of the Moon through [Crew Earth Observations](https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/station-science-101/earth-observation/). Their photographs of Earth record how the planet changes over time due to human activity and natural events. + +_Image Credit: NASA_