NASA releases amazing photos of Indo-Pak border

NASA on Sunday shared two stunning pictures of the international border between India and Pakistan as seen from outer space on their Facebook.

Of the hundreds of yellow clusters of lights, the largest are the capital cities of Islamabad, Pakistan, and New Delhi, India. The lines of major highways connecting the cities also stand out.

The line of lights, with a distinctly orange hue, snaking across the center of the image, is the fenced and floodlit border zone between India and Pakistan. The fence is designed to discourage smuggling and arms trafficking.

NASA, in their website, says the image was taken with a 16 mm lens, which provides the wide field of view, as the International Space Station (ISS) was tracking towards the southeast across India.