Astronaut Soichi Noguchi captured from ISS New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

Credit: Soichi Noguchi, JAXA, NASA

New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 census, New Orleans is the most populous city in Louisiana, the second-most populous in the Deep South after Atlanta, and the twelfth-most populous in the Southeastern United States; the New Orleans metropolitan area, with about 1 million residents, is the 59th-most populous metropolitan area in the country. New Orleans serves as a major port and commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast region. The city is coextensive with Orleans Parish.

The local scenery on the ground is as follows.

Credit: Wikipedia

Reference: Soichi Noguchi’s Tweet
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U.S., Louisiana, New Orleans, NOLA, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River