English:
This video over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East was taken by the crew of
Expedition 29
on board the
International Space Station
. This sequence of shots was taken October 6, 2011 from 19:46:23 to 19:58:41 GMT, on an ascending pass from the Sahara Desert to western
Kazakhstan
. The rust colour of the Sahara Desert is the first view in this video. Because this is an evening pass, the surface colours can be seen still, along with the bright lights of populated areas. The first view of these bright lights is along the
Nile
River, which can be seen just before the
Red Sea
. Just down track are
Jerusalem
and Lebanon's capital city,
Beirut
. As the ISS approaches the
Caspian Sea
, the
Baku
peninsula can be seen as a bright peninsula in the sea. The pass ends looking over Kazakhstan.