Une image saisissante de Montréal vue de la navette spatiale

(photo NASA, 24 décembre 2010)

On distingue aisément les zones de lumière correspondant aux villes de Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jérôme, Joliette, Sorel, Saint-Hyacinthe et Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

"The International Space Station was located over the Pennsylvania-New York border (near Warren, Pa.) at the time this image was taken—a ground distance of approximately 600 kilometers (370 miles) southwest of Montreal. This distance from the camera target, coupled with the oblique (inclined) viewing angle from the ISS, results in the foreshortened appearance of urban areas in the image."