the sleepless city as seen from space

We often look up at the night sky and watch sparkling stars from Earth, but when we look from the universe to Earth, our planet also sparkles in its own way with impressive beams of light.

These images were taken by an astronaut from the International Space Station, showing images of London, brightly lit Paris in the night, cities in the Southern Mediterranean like Ibiza, Majorca and the city located winding along the Nile River, Cairo .

Dover Strait, the city of Paris shines and a bit of fog in the west of England and London.

Florida and southeastern United States Peninsula in autumn night shines like millions of stars in the sky.


The contrast between the deserted desert has no life in the shadow of northern Africa with the living Nile.The east is the mysterious blue Mediterranean.

Cities along the Mediterranean: Valencia, Spain, Livorno and Italy.


The gateway to the city of Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located between two continents connecting the Black Sea to the north and the Marmara Sea to the south.

Dawn moves on the horizon and the Aurora Borealis is shining.


One of the peaks of the majestic Andes.

Soyuz TMA-19 "Olympus" moves above the cloud covering the Galapagos Islands .