According to photos from the International Space Station (ISS), Delhi is one of the brightest cities in the world at night. Delhi has now joined cities like Tokyo and Singapore in this list. The photographs show extensive illumination of the capital.
अंDelhi is becoming the most shining city at night when seen from the sky. Delhi has achieved this feat along with Tokyo and Singapore. The International Space Station (ISS) has shared some new pictures on its X account, in which Delhi is visible as one of the most illuminated cities on earth at night.
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In terms of lighting, Delhi is competing with cities like Tokyo and Singapore. In these pictures from ISS, the spectacular view of lights spread all around the capital is clearly visible. About 3.46 crore people live in Delhi. It is the second largest metropolitan area in the world. In this picture taken at 10:54 pm local time, Yamuna river is clearly visible dividing the city into two parts. The bright rectangle in the middle is Indira Gandhi International Airport, one of the busiest airports in South Asia.
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Included in the list of world cities
ISS wrote that Delhi stands in the list of bright urban centers along with big global centers like Singapore, Tokyo and Sao Paulo. After the pictures went viral, some people on social media wondered how the city looked so bright despite so much air pollution. At the same time, some other people were trying to identify their roads in these pictures. Let us tell you that on the 2nd of this month, ISS celebrated 25 years of continuous presence of humans in space.