East Meets West | Space Wallpaper

Istanbul and the surrounding area in northwestern Turkey are captured in this space wallpaper acquired by Envisat’s MERIS instrument on June 9, 2011. To the north is the Black Sea, which connects to the Sea of Marmara (center) via the Bosphorus strait.



via LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/37830-istanbul-earth-from-space-space-wallpaper.html