The city lights of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city

iss072e445670 (Dec. 28, 2024) --- The city lights of Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city with a population of about 2.25 million residents at the foot of the Tian Shan mountain range, are pictured at approximately 1:38 a.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the Central Asian nation.