An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this nighttime photograph of Ashgabat, the capital city of Turkmenistan. Located in Central Asia, the city lies at the foot of the Kopetdag mountains to the south and the edge of the Garagum (Kara Kum) desert to the north. Both regions appear dark and unlit in this photo. Approximately half of Turkmenistan’s population of 5.6 million lives in or near Ashgabat.
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this nighttime photograph of Ashgabat, the capital city of Turkmenistan. Located in Central Asia, the city lies at the foot of the Kopetdag mountains to the south and the edge of the Garagum (Kara Kum) desert to the north. Both regions appear dark and unlit in this photo. Approximately half of Turkmenistan’s population of 5.6 million lives in or near Ashgabat.