Improvements in ISS Photography—Northeastern United States

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Improvements in ISS Photography—Northeastern United States

Improvements in ISS Photography—Northeastern United States

This pair of photographs, centered on New York City in the northeastern United States, shows improvements in camera technology used on the International Space Station over a 14-year time period. The image on the left was taken on January 18, 2003, with a Nikon D1 digital camera (3 megapixels), while the image on the right was taken on January 10, 2017, with a Nikon D4 digital camera (16 megapixels).

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NASA, Earth at Night book

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    • Amy Moran (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)

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