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Earth observations taken during STS-77 mission

Earth observations taken during STS-77 mission

NASA · 1996

This photograph encompasses an area comprising 99 percent of the Egyptian population of close to 60 million people. North is roughly to the right side of the photograph. Cairo, the capital and principal city, lies at the apex of the Nile Delta. Alexandria is in the top right corner of the frame.

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