Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi captured from ISS the night view of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur means “muddy confluence”; kuala is the point where Gombak River and Klang River join together or an estuary, and lumpur means “mud”. It was recorded in the 1820s that Sungei Lumpoor was the most important tin-producing settlement up the Klang River. It is among the fastest growing metropolitan regions in South-East Asia, in both population and economic development.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Sultan Al Neyadi’s Tweet
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