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English: Las Vegas at night. (North is to the right of the picture.) The surrounding darkness of the desert presents a stark contrast to the brightly lit street grid of the developed area. The Vegas Strip is reputed to be the brightest spot on Earth due to the concentration of lights on its hotels and casinos. The tarmac of McCarran International Airport is dark by comparison, while the airstrips of Nellis Air Force Base on the north-eastern fringe are likewise dark. The dark mass of Frenchman Mountain borders the city to the east.
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Source NASA Earth Observatory
Author ISS Expedition 26 crew
Camera location 36° 06′ 00″ N, 115° 12′ 00″ W  Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ISS026-E-6255.

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Image captured with a Nikon D3S digital camera using an 180 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center.

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30 November 2010

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36°6'0.000"N, 115°12'0.000"W

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180 millimetre

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12,800

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