The city lights of Istanbul, Turkiye

iss072e519796 (Jan. 23, 2025) --- The city lights of Istanbul, Turkiye, with a population of about 15.7 million split by the Bosphorus strait in between the Sea of Mammara and the Black Sea, are pictured at approximately 9:44 p.m. local time from the International Space Staation as it orbited 259 miles above.