Seattle, Washington, sits between Puget Sound and Lake Washington

iss074e0723716 (June 16, 2026) --- Seattle, Washington, with a metropolitan population of over 4.15 million, sits between Puget Sound and Lake Washington and is also known as the "Emerald City" due to the lush evergreen forests surrounding it. Two famous landmarks in Seattle include Pike Place Market, America's oldest continuously operating farmers market since 1907, and the Space Needle, built for the 1962 World's Fair. The International Space Station was orbiting 265 miles above the U.S.–Canadian border at the time of this photograph.