Environment
An Out-of-Sight Space View of the India-Pakistan Border
The blindingly lit barrier is one of few international boundaries visible at night from low-earth orbit.
Sorry to bust a childhood myth, but it is nearly impossible for the unaided eye to see the Great Wall of China from space. But the India-Pakistan border—now that’s about as visible as a river of nuclear fire streaming across the land.
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped this stellar view of the heavily lit and guarded barrier in late September. Writes NASA: