{"id":618893,"date":"2024-02-22T12:59:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=618893"},"modified":"2024-02-22T12:59:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:59:18","slug":"shanghai-from-space","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/shanghai-from-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai from Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A night view of Shanghai from the International Space Station, 260 miles above Earth. The city's lights illuminate roads; the surrounding area is dark.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Jasmin Moghbeli<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/\">International Space Station<\/a> orbited 260 miles above the East China Sea, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli snapped this photo of Shanghai\u2019s city lights and the Huangpu River flowing through downtown. Shanghai is the most populous city in China with a population of about 24.9 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The space station serves as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/station\/earth-observation-from-the-space-station\/\">a unique platform for observing Earth<\/a> with both hands-on and automated equipment. Station crew members have produced hundreds of thousands of images, recording phenomena such as storms in real time, observing natural events such as volcanic eruptions as they happen, and providing input to ground personnel for programming automated Earth-sensing systems. Having a crew on board provides flexibility, a significant advantage over sensors on robotic spacecraft. Astronauts take images using handheld digital cameras, usually through windows in the station\u2019s cupola, for <a href=\"https:\/\/eol.jsc.nasa.gov\/AboutCEO\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Crew Earth Observations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA\/Jasmin Moghbeli<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the East China Sea, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli snapped this photo of Shanghai\u2019s city lights and the Huangpu River flowing through downtown. Shanghai is the most populous city in China with a population of about 24.9 million. The space station serves as a unique platform for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":334,"featured_media":618885,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[3228,2735],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[11483],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Shanghai from Space","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/shanghai-from-space\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/shanghai-from-space\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg"},"articleSection":"Earth","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Monika Luabeya"}],"creator":["Monika Luabeya"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["Missions","International Space Station (ISS)","Earth"],"dateCreated":"2024-02-22T17:59:17Z","datePublished":"2024-02-22T17:59:17Z","dateModified":"2024-02-22T17:59:18Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Shanghai from Space\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/shanghai-from-space\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2024-02-22T17:59:17Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Earth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"Missions,International Space Station (ISS),Earth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Monika Luabeya\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":1,"featured_image":{"id":618885,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iss070e096351orig.jpg","title":"Shanghai from Space","alt":"A night view of Shanghai from the International Space Station, 260 miles above Earth. 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