Photos: Day or night, Makkah's Grand Mosque shines from space

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Photos: Day or night, Makkahs Grand Mosque shines from space

Dubai - 'Impossible to confuse with any other city'

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Published: Sat 9 Sep 2017, 3:28 PM

Last updated: Sun 10 Sep 2017, 1:26 AM

An international cosmonaut recently shared some amazing images of the Grand Mosque in Makkah taken from space.
Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy - who travels around the world and takes photos from space - shared the images on his Instagram page.

He captioned the post: "The holiest place in the Islamic world. #Makkah is beautiful both day and night. Impossible to confuse it with any other city in the world even from space."

He has posted images of Makkah from two angles. And they stand out.

Ryazanskiy has also previously captured images from a number of other Arab locations, including Dubai, Egypt, Baghdad, Tunis, Saudi Arabia, Cairo and Yemen.

Earlier, during the Holy month of Ramadan, DubaiSat-2 satellite - owned and operated by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) - had captured a one-meter resolution image of the holy city of Makkah from outer space.

Check out some of the images of Ryazanskiy that he has shared on his page.


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