Washington, D.C. and the Potomac at Night, from the ISS
Washington, D.C. at night, photographed with a 400mm lens by the Expedition 35 crew of the International Space Station on 23 March 2013. The black Potomac winds through an orange grid of city lights, and the center glows bright white.
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About this wallpaper
An ISS photograph from NASA's image library (iss035e008023, taken 23 March 2013 at 07:44 GMT with a 400mm lens), cropped to 9:16 around the city center. NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography records the photo center at 38.9° N, 77.0° W: Washington, D.C. An orange grid of city lights covers the frame, the center just above the middle glows bright white, and from there the black Potomac winds toward the lower right; dark water and parkland fill the upper corners. A public-domain NASA photograph.
On the home screen
City lights cover the whole frame and icon labels get a little hard to read; icons over the black river or the dark upper right read best.
On the lock screen
City lights reach the top too; a white clock is readable but harder to see over the lights.
Colors and mood
Orange city lights, a white center and a black river.
Specs
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16
- Resolution
- 1440×2560
- Region
- Ember Coast
- Coordinates
- 06·03
- Sector
- ISLAND III
- Lock-screen clock
- ◎ Clearly readable
- Home screen
- ◎ Icon labels stand out
- Pure black
- 32%
- Brightness
- 65 / 255 · dark
- Artist
- NASA / ISS Expedition 35 · 2013-03-23
- Source
- NASA (public domain)
- License
- Public domain (NASA)
This is a public-domain photograph by NASA. You may use it freely, but not in a way that suggests NASA endorses or is involved with your use. See the license
