Fishing Boats and City Lights
18 Feb 2026, 17:27 GMT
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/gmt364_12_12_zena-cardman_southeast-asia-fishing-fleets/
Fishing boats illuminate the Arabian Sea along India’s west coast with green lights designed to attract squid, shrimp, sardines, and mackerel in this nighttime photograph from the International Space Station, orbiting 259 miles above Earth. At lower right, the city lights of Hyderabad—renowned for its historic diamond and pearl trade—stretch westward toward the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, home to over 26 million people and the heart of Bollywood.