Thessaloniki, Greece—on the Thermaic Gulf

iss073e1047210 (Nov. 2, 2025) --- Thessaloniki, Greece—a 2,300-year-old port city on the Thermaic Gulf with a metropolitan population of about 815,000—is pictured at approximately 11:14 p.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above the Greek Peninsula. Its city lights transition from older, amber-hued sodium-vapor lights in its city center to modern, white cooler LED lighting in its outskirts and suburbs.