Mashhad, the second-most populous city in Iran, pictured at night from the space station

iss072e793149 (March 17, 2025) --- Mashhad, the second-most populous city in Iran with approximately 3.62 million residents near the border with Turkmenistan, is pictured at 11:47 p.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above.