Astronaut Soichi Noguchi captured from ISS the Asia-Europe bridging Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul, Turkey.

Credit: Soichi Noguchi, JAXA, NASA

The Bosphorus is a narrow, natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey. The strait is wide 800-3700m, 30km length north-south, with 36-124m depth. To the south of the Golden Horn Bay lies Old Istanbul. The strait has 3 bridges and 3 undersea tunnels.

The local scenery on the ground is as follows.

Credit: Wikipedia

Reference: Soichi Noguchi’s Tweet
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