Do you recognize thisintriguing globular cluster of stars?It's actually the constellation of city lights surroundin London,England, planet Earth, a recordedwith a digital camera from th International Space Station.Taken in February 2003, north is toward the top and slightly leftin this nighttime view.The encircling "London Orbital" highway by-pass, the M25(... but not Messier25), is easies to pick outsouth of the city.Even farther south are the lights ofGatwick airport and just inside the western (left hand)stretch of the Orbital is Heathrow.The darkened Thames river estuary fans out to the city's east.In particular, two small darknebulae" - Hyde Park and Regents Park -stand out slightly west of the densely packed lights at the city'score. Have you seen this: NASA Image of the Day?
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