City lights stretch from Tel Aviv to Netanya, Israel

iss074e0043774 (Jan. 3, 2026) --- Patches of city lights, stretching from Tel Aviv to Netanya, Israel, illuminate the Mediterranean coastline in this photograph taken at approximately 9:10 p.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Earth. The metropolitan population of Tel Aviv, located in Israel's Gush Dan region, exceeds 4 million.