Delhi’s night glow captured from space: ISS shares breathtaking night views of world’s brightest cities

The latest nighttime photograph shared by the International Space Station offers a striking view of how human activity shapes the Earth after dark. The image highlights cities across Asia and South America that stand out because of their dense networks of artificial light. Delhi appears especially radiant, its interconnected roads and neighbourhoods forming vivid patterns that are clearly visible from orbit. The photograph also places the Indian capital within a wider global context, where the appearance of city lights often reflects population growth, expanding infrastructure and rapid urban development. These visual signatures from space provide a compelling way to understand how some urban centres have grown into luminous landscapes that define the planet at night. The Twitter post