(Click image for a larger, high-resolution view.) Astronaut photograph gotten on April 17, 2022 from the International Space Station.
Shadows from skyscrapers and other city buildings give the photo a 3D look.
Orbiting over the Gulf of Maine, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station looked southward to record this oblique picture of New York City. Shadows from high-rise buildings and other city structures provide the photograph a sense of three-dimensionality.
The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, an important historic migration hub into the United States, are within the New York Harbor at the top of the picture (south). The harbor, busy with ship traffic, is the terminus of the Hudson River that forms a section of the border between New Jersey and New York.
Four out of the five districts of New York are noticeable in this detailed photo as well as New Jersey communities. City structures vary between the districts with differing structure heights throughout the city. On Manhattan, the Financial District and Midtown hosts skyscrapers, while areas like Upper Manhattan and East Village have a grid-like pattern of shorter buildings. The boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, and mainland New Jersey, have actually high-rise buildings primarily located near major areas of transport such as ports, large roads, and bridges. Curved highways link city locations, parks, and communities.
Captured from the area station on May 5, 2014, this in-depth image reveals the narrow shape of Manhattan located between the Hudson River and the East River, a function familiar to crews on the International Space Station. The ragged line of shadow cast by the Palisades cliff crosses the bottom of the image.
Central Park, the big, vegetated rectangular shape in the lower center of the image, is one of the most gone to urban parks in the United States with roughly 40 million yearly visitors. Across the Hudson River, New Jersey parks, conservation areas, and wetlands line the Hackensack River.
Other astronaut photographs of Manhattan have actually been taken control of the years consisting of a daytime picture from 2014 (above), and a nighttime image from 2013 (below).
One of the Expedition 35 team members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station exposed this 400 millimeter night image of the higher New York City cosmopolitan area on March 23, 2013. For orientation functions, note that Manhattan runs horizontal through the frame from left to the midpoint.
Astronaut photo ISS067-E-18580 was gotten on April 17, 2022, with a Nikon D5 digital camera utilizing a focal length of 1150 millimeters. It is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 67 team. The image has been cropped and enhanced to enhance contrast, and lens artifacts have actually been gotten rid of. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take photos of Earth that will be of the greatest worth to researchers and the general public, and to make those images freely readily available on the Internet. Extra images taken by cosmonauts and astronauts can be seen at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by Sara Schmidt, GeoControl Systems, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC.
Captured from the space station on May 5, 2014, this in-depth image reveals the narrow shape of Manhattan situated between the Hudson River and the East River, a function familiar to crews on the International Space Station. The ragged line of shadow cast by the Palisades cliff crosses the bottom of the image. One of the Expedition 35 team members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station exposed this 400 millimeter night image of the greater New York City urban area on March 23, 2013. The International Space Station Program supports the lab as part of the ISS National Lab to assist astronauts take photos of Earth that will be of the biggest value to researchers and the public, and to make those images easily offered on the Internet. Extra images taken by cosmonauts and astronauts can be seen at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.