[:ja]シェーン・キンブロー宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したトルコ、イスタンブールの夜景です。
イスタンブールの人口は1,410万人を擁しバルカン半島では最大、ヨーロッパでも最大規模の都市圏の一つです。イスタンブールは、マルマラ海と黒海を結ぶ世界でも最も混雑する航路の一つであるボスポラス海峡を挟んで2大陸にまたがる大都市であり、アジアの最も西にある都市でもあります。商業や歴史の中心はヨーロッパ側（トラキア地方）に広がり、住民の3分の1はアジア側（アナトリア半島）に居住しています。西側の市域は金角湾で南北に分かれます。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Shane Kimbrough’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1650: Istanbul at Night🇹🇷
Astronaut Shane Kimbrough captured from ISS the night view of Istanbul, Turkey.
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, serving as the country’s economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. The city was founded as Byzantium (Byzantion) in the 7th century BCE by Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome (Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople (Constantinopolis) after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becoming a beacon of the Silk Road and one of the most important cities in history. The Bosporus, providing the only passage from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, is the world’s busiest and narrowest strait used for international navigation, with more than 200 million tons of oil passing through it each year. (Credit: Shane Kimbrough, NASA)
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Shane Kimbrough’s Tweet
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