ISS037-E-002225 (18 Sept. 2013) --- One of three Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 18 photographed this high oblique night image showing dozens of major cities and communities on the east coast and points west toward the Great Lakes area, and even areas to the southwest. Long Island, NY is a tell-tale identifier as it juts out into the Atlantic Ocean in the lower right portion of the image. The estuary known as Long Island Sound is also visible at lower right. The New York metropolitan area is largely visible below the tip of one of the space station's solar array panels.
Earth observation taken by the Expedition 37 crew
ISS037-E-001793 (20 Sept. 2013) --- One of three Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 20 photographed this night image showing several major cities and communities on the east coast and points west, toward the Great Lakes area. Long Island, NY is a tell-tale identifier in the lower right corner as it juts out into the Atlantic (partially obstructed by a close-up part of the orbital outpost), forming the estuary known as Long Island Sound. The New York metropolitan area is largely visible below the center of the frame.
Earth Observation taken by the Expedition 37 crew
STS039-88-054 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- The dense urban development of the New York City metropolitan area in downstate New York, Long Island and New Jersey shows up as gray and white on this color Infrared photograph. The scene was taken on a remarkably clear spring day. Almost all the major man-made structures of the area are obvious, including ship traffic in and out of New York Harbor, the piers, all of the bridges spanning the area rivers and connecting Manhattan Island with New Jersey, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, the three major airports (Newark, La Guardia and JFK), the New York State thruway, as well as Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium. The reds and pinks are vegetated areas. Central Park clearly shows up on Manhattan, as do the string of parks along the cliffs (formed by the Palisades sill) along the west side of the Hudson north of the George Washington Bridge.
New York City, Hudson River, NY, USA