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City Lights from Space
Space is a place with a great view... there an astronaut may see clearly the stars, the moon and Earth will have its own show. Auroras, the sunlight glowing on our atmosphere... but look down when it's night time and you'll see beautiful city lights. There are many great cities that will amaze any spaceman. The most awesome thing about city lights is that sometimes it looks so much like brain cells... it's pretty outstanding, really. Many astronauts have photographed these lights and here are some of these pics. For more of it, please click each image or visit Cities at Night, where you'll find a map with the photographed cities. San Francisco, US San Diego, US London, UK Midwest US Italy Los Angeles, US Milan, Italy Tokyo, Japan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Lima, Peru Bangkok, Thailand Calgary, Canada Beijing, China Chicago, US Ottawa, Canada Berlin, Germany Seoul, South Korea Shanghai, China Budapest, Hungary
Dubai Cityscape Photography
Great photo series by German photographer Jens Fersterra. Dubai has a rich collection of buildings and structures of various architectural styles. Many modern interpretations of Islamic architecture can be found here, due to a boom in construction and architectural innovation in the Arab World in general, and in Dubai in particular, supported not only by top Arab or international architectural and engineering design firms such as Al Hashemi and Aedas, but also by top firms of New York and Chicago. For more from Jens Fersterra visit spreephoto.de. Dubai is an emirate in the United Arab Emirates federation. The main city of the emirate is also called Dubai. The emirate is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is one of the seven emirates that make up the country. Wikipedia