High-Res Images of Cities at Night from the International Space Station

Note: population figures in this video are for metropolitan areas. Humans have created thousands of settlements, and we are lucky enough to be able to see some of them from the eyes of ISS astronauts. These images are incredibly difficult to take from a spacecraft traveling along at almost 28,000 kilometers per hour. The images are held at NASA's Johnson Space Center in a special archive for astronaut photography. Watch for the great cities of Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Johannesburg, New Delhi, Toronto, Sydney, and many others. All included population numbers are based on estimated metropolitan populations.
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[@OSTARAEB4]

Where is London, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Cairo, Capetown and Teheran?

[@TechIstiuk]

In this world

[@pigeonjohns740]

In the Earth...

[@healthdios]

In the same place as they've always been.

[@vladescu3g]

on the map?

[@SuperMegaLoser]

greece always manages to elude your shots so it's ok but if you didn't label the island, i'd never know it's there, so thanks for the extra effort, i guess.

[@SuperMegaLoser]

rhodes isn't a country so i'm not sure what it's doing in an image of a set of countries.

[@aducksecho]

more likely to see the sun before our tiny light lmao

[@theorangeshirts]

The whole time I was waiting for Toronto. Finally came at the very end :P

[@adelorenita6085]

Ciudad de México! 💖✨

[@alahalla1]

I love the fact that you can actually make out the perfect square shape of DC at 3:56

[@bruhmcbruh512]

3:56

[@thebluefriend]

​@@bruhmcbruh512yes thanks

[@nitman369]

Mumbai and Delhi are proud of India

[@brad15211]

I love how practically the whole country of India is lit up

[@darthjohn0]

Population stats are messed up; sometimes you get figures for the actual cities and sometimes figures for the metropolitan area. Nor is there any kind of distinction made when the numbers are displayed. Otherwise, I enjoyed the videos!

[@simonboyce2235]

Too much man made light pollution I feel sorry for the other Animals

[@tommywaltz400]

Simon Boyce they hunt better

[@trinasinha4297]

Where is Dhaka Bangladesh city

[@vishalkangle1223]

Mumbai's population 😍

[@andrewnjo429]

Can you add Dallas Fort Worth and Jakarta Indonesia? Maybe even some places in Hawaii, please? Also, Phoenix.

[@Falcrist]

Wrong answer. I also need light bulbs to see. That which comprises me does not include any light bulbs. YOU LOSE!!! Also, looking at your other comments, I see you're fond of trolling. One of the key tenants of trolling is to not let on that you're trolling. You're quite obvious. I recommend more subtlety.

[@Ccodebits]

Looks like star clusters

[@quaxk]

human population growth is scary, when I was young the only city with 12millions people was mexico, my own city has triple its population during that interval, it's out of control, it's going to kill us if we don't start managing it soon

[@tdgross2010]

Is there a part III.

[@Falcrist]

They probably use the same kind of electricity, but I'm sure the actual lights come from different places. The soviet side probably uses the older, amber-colored style of street-lights.

[@SuperMegaLoser]

rhodes isn't a city, it's a greek island. cyprus, israel, syria and egypt aren't cities either. so, it reads "Images of Cities" in the title but doesn't keep it's promise..?

[@959tolis626]

Where is Athens?It's definitely missing from both videos.That and Salonika(Greece's most beautiful city for many) both have over 1 million of people.

[@Maguel83]

This shows where wealth of the world is divided. The best contrast is in Korean peninsula; tiny spot of light coming from Pyongyang and rest of the country is dark, while all of south is illuminated.

[@jiberish001]

I do find it interesting to see how different populations group together, but I don't like this glamorization of our lights.

[@AnonymousYoutuber69]

Oh wow, it looks like the two sides of Berlin use different coloured lights. Did the Soviet union use a different electricity frequency or something?

[@Falcrist]

…or the two sides use bulbs from different sources, because they were run by different governments for so long. >.>

[@stdfreesteve]

THIS IS THE TIME!!! STAND UP FOR YOUR LORD JESUS AND STOP SINNING. THIS IS just a troll. nice vid keep them up

[@Graviton1066]

Different densities of population, different rules and regulations for lighting between DC and the states ...

[@andrewwells6323]

Why does anyone care if people put “first”, it’s just a word, if it pisses you off that much you shouldn’t be around normal people!

[@gasparigi]

Source link broken. I found some images on citylumens.com but in lower res.

[@Dragontrumpetare]

Dont understand why the Scandinavian countries never is represented on this movies? YOu always seeing them far away?

[@timejiff]

Nice too see you elating my gripes spacial rip, but then again everybodys my bitch, high or low.

[@bzimm18]

Very reminiscent of galaxies in space. It's so fascinating. Thanks for posting!

[@HDtechreviews]

The spot in Europe with the most light is Belgium (above France) , We have lights on almost each road. And it is very sad, I hate light pollution!

[@BullishBananaTrader]

28,000km/h is only like 18,000mph. Any one can take good photos from that speed. :)

[@davidfrobel7582]

no lights in vermont usa eather,,i will leave the porch light on next time,,,,lol

[@LovelySteph]

I can see my house!

[@TechnoManiac2]

0:12 could you please stop showing this picture, cause it destroys the realism.

[@Jesuis-qe8ql]

3:35 ciudad de mexico

[@rickkmurray]

WOO AUSTRALIA *Throws hand in air*...but wow the amount of lights there is....well what lights?

[@GFisher111]

I don't know whether to be awe struck, or sickened by the waste of energy.

[@_MikeJon_]

Oh yeah? Part 1 you say? Well maybe I just should go do that then!...so ha! ...

[@Janskleig]

Manila and Tokyo are the cities I'd like to see at night from ISS.

[@migueljalo9731]

_________________________ What I found most interesting was how the entire Washington D.C. area was pretty well defined by the night lights making a fairly weird contrast with both Maryland and Virginia right along the straight lines of the borders. What's that about? Why are the lights suddenly so different?

[@barryholt9564]

Different municipalities use different bulbs. But yeah, REALLY noticeable- it's as if the uploader use CGI to highlight the DC area proper .I was going to comment on it myself . Just did I suppose..?

[@redbreast_99]

This is how people of big city wasting their electricity 😡 On the other hand, poor people in Africas are not getting electricity??!!!??!😑

[@burakasno1]

i wonder if aliens can see us because of all the light we radiate

[@SriRadhaVallabh]

I Like It Mumbai And Delhi 🇮🇳

[@Morales.1192]

It looks like a giant computer chip.

[@kilroy238]

It's there, look for the big empty black area between China and South Korea.

[@ThePayola123]

Istanbul was in part one. I like Moscow. Lots of Ring Belts.

[@nawedy]

I'd like to see Barcelona, if you could put the foto on fb!

[@alexanderwu3624]

where ar the cities in east asia? just pekin? hwo abt Singapore.. hkong. tokyo shanghai n seoul...come on those ar fantastic cities.

[@yeon723]

Wheres North Korea SpaceRip? I am disappoint.

[@AjithNaiduuniverse]

Mysore city

[@joseluciocorrea1866]

How come you did not include São Paulo with its 21 million people in its area? And Tokyo, the biggest urban area in he world? Is it due to your ignorance and geographic illiteracy?

[@dilipjain6899]

Mumbai and New York are the most beautiful cities when seen from space.

[@pianomusic9699]

Landing at Night mexico city is huge

[@vanshjainxyz2519]

Give me proof i dont believe🙂

[@erickirk6966]

Some other American cities, up close, like Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Louisville, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Seattle would be neat to look at too.

[@_MikeJon_]

Not a lot of american cities.. I am surprised

[@SuperMegaLoser]

yeah can't wait. even 1 year is too late.

[@ognjenmrdja]

Where is Belgrade?

[@breadyru]

know wonder my vote in IL didnt count.

[@wisdom9195]

WRONG....CHICAGO'S POPULATION AS OF 2016 IS 2.705 million

[@lizberman63]

Jonathan Sandi metro Chigago

[@profgamer1]

This video was made in 2012 though

[@MattacksRC]

well closer to 4 billion but ok..

[@qtamar33]

omg israel !!! לייק אם אתם ישראלים וראיתם את זה !

[@PabloLopez-hf9zw]

At 4:55 over San Antonio(2.5 Million population and adjacent Austin, Tx, 2.0 million) Cool video.

[@corsairbrs1812]

No Sao Paulo Again !!

[@CanadaRulez4Ever]

in 1 billion years it all will be gone

[@TommyMurrayJr]

So this is what the aliens see

[@Falcrist]

Wherefor art thou angeréd, brother?

[@FLEXER657]

On Berlin there is a obvious difference in the color of the street lights. This marks where the Berlin Wall devided the City.

[@aducksecho]

cool sim city music

[@vlogdemon]

Aaaaaaand they miss adelaide....

[@Karlsmart111]

Scandinavia exists too dude :(

[@jeebersjumpincryst]

nah, nz is never on these :(

[@lilyluna9849]

Where is Bangladesh

[@HosseinBeikmarzeh]

I expect to see Tehran in one of those two parts, but unfortunately nothing :) Is there any image available?!

[@studiorobo]

Detroit or Lansing Michigan

[@acs197]

Cool high resolution images of cities but as an amateur astronomer I prefer dark skies over city lights any day : )

[@chichangwu]

would be cool to take some pics of starfields when flying in the dark side of earth.....have they done that already?

[@TheRedneckAtheist]

I hate light pollution...

[@PeterLiuIsBeast]

should have done houston

[@irSpongstar]

It says Images of Cities

[@TheNerdyCoder]

Somehow got top comment on the first video of the series... Let's see if I can get it on this one too!

[@timejiff]

get flukes who cares

[@jeebersjumpincryst]

WOT?! My dude - you are typing utter nonsense! "elating my gripes" !? laugh out loud...

[@cmwatchers]

i had a dream n seen it all long ago.i got it on all of you.there called flying dreams.

[@Itsmeeman1]

Calgary looks like a Maze. Beautiful design.

[@vipinBHUVANACHANDRAN]

2:35 mumbai, india

[@jaylenney]

Polluted city

[@akashx]

@@jaylenney over populated city*

[@1Nekit1]

Toronto looks the best

[@f1errar1]

Why no Istanbul ?

[@iiProBlemzi]

Wtf no new Zealand

[@Janskleig]

Yes, I recently found that out. Thank you! I hope they get Manila as it is very big I think.

[@snehithtampa7106]

2:37 Mumbai!

[@NoName-vu6bt]

haha here in this video is Bucharest but London is not this is a jokes

[@32HUD]

No Malaysia? :(

[@fadlalsaidy7768]

الحلي

[@gaurav007roy]

hyderabad plz.

[@khunopie]

That really bright spot on Dublin is the Guinness Factory. I hope.

[@maoqiutong]

China has only one major city that is it's capital.

[@jonasmuhs]

Scary