Facts So Romantic

Can You Identify These Cities From Their Light Signatures?

Istanbul
Photograph by NASA Earth Observatory

The light that a city emits is like its glowing fingerprint. From the orderly grid of Manhattan, to the sprawling, snaking streets of Milan, to the bright contrast of Kuwait’s ring-roads, each city leaves its own pattern of tiny glowing dots. See if you can ID these cities based on the way they shine.


This classic Facts So Romantic post was originally published in April 2014.

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