Astronaut Shane Kimbrough captured from ISS Lille, northern France.
Lille is within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France’s border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of the European Metropolis of Lille. Nicknamed in France the “Capital of Flanders”, Lille and its surroundings belong to the historical region of Romance Flanders, a former territory of the county of Flanders that is not part of the linguistic area of West Flanders. A garrison town (as evidenced by its Citadel), Lille has had an eventful history from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. A merchant city since its origins and a manufacturing city since the 16th century, the Industrial Revolution made it a great industrial capital, mainly around the textile and mechanical industries.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Shane Kimbrough’s Tweet
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