NASA’s Aqua satellite captured Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
With a population of 291,247, Anchorage contains nearly 40% of the state’s population, and has more people than all of Northern Canada and Greenland combined. First settled as a tent city near the mouth of Ship Creek in 1915 when construction on the Alaska Railroad began, Anchorage was incorporated as a city in November 1920. Due to its location, almost equidistant from New York City, Tokyo, and Murmansk, Russia (straight over the North Pole), Anchorage lies within 10 hours by air of nearly 90% of the industrialized world. For this reason, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is a common refueling stop for international cargo flights and home to a major FedEx hub, which the company calls a “critical part” of its global network of services.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: NASA Goddard’s Tweet
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