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English: Istanbul, Turkey: The Crossroads of Europe and Asia

This digital camera image was taken by the crew of the International Space Station on April 16, 2004. When this image was taken, strong currents carried turbid coastal waters from the Black Sea through the Strait and into the Sea of Marmara. The rugged uplands to the north of the city are forested and contain vital reservoirs. Note Ataturk airport southwest of the city near the bottom of the image, the picturesque Prince Islands in the Sea of Marmara, and the sinuous waterway and harbour on the western shore known as the Golden Horn.

Astronaut photograph ISS008-E-21752 was taken , with a Kodak DCS760 digital camera equipped with an 200-mm lens, and is provided by the Earth Observations Laboratory, Johnson Space Centre. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.

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Date

16 April 2004

Source

NASA Earth Observatory

Author

Astronaut photograph ISS008-E-21752

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Awards

This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 16 March 2005. It was captioned as follows:

English: Istanbul, the Bosphorus and the Black Sea

العربية: صورة من قمر صناعي لمدينة إستنبول، مضيق البسفور و البحر الأسود

Български: Истанбул, Босфорът и Черно море

Česky: Turecký Istanbul, Bospor a Černé moře

Deutsch: Istanbul, der Bosporus und das Schwarze Meer

Ελληνικά: Η Κωνσταντινούπολη, ο Βόσπορος και η Μαύρη Θάλασσα

English: Istanbul, the Bosphorus and the Black Sea

Esperanto: Istanbulo, la Bosporo kaj la Nigra Maro

Español: Estambúl, el Bósforo y el mar Negro.

Français : Photo satellite d' Istanbul, du Bosphore et de la mer noire.

Italiano: Fotografia satellitare di Istanbul

日本語: イスタンブル、ボスポラス海峡と黒海

Lëtzebuergesch: Istanbul, de Bosporus an d' Schwaarzt Mier

Русский: Стамбул, Босфор и Чёрное море

Svenska: Istanbul, Bosporen och Svarta havet

中文（简体）‎: 土耳其伊斯坦布尔卫星照片

English: This image was selected as a picture of the week on the Czech Wikipedia for 20th week, 2006.

Česky: Tento obrázek byl vybrán jako obrázek týdne na České Wikipedii pro 20. týden roku 2006.

Français : Cette image est sélectionnée en tant qu' image de la semaine sur la Wikipédia Tchèque pour la 20ème semaine de 2006.

Македонски: Оваа слика е избрана за слика на неделата на чешката Википедија за XX недела од 2006 година.

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