From the Archives: Karachi, Pakistan

From  NASA's Earth Observatory:

On this date in 2010, we published this image of Karachi, the most populous city in Pakistan. The image shows the southwestern edges of the city, where mangroves and river deltas mix with ports and pavement. Two rivers, the Lyari and Malir, pass through Karachi en route to the Arabian Sea. The Lyari River passes north of the Port of Karachi, and expansive salt works, appearing as large geometric areas of green, line the northern edge of that river’s delta. East of the port, the Malir River flows southward toward the sea. Emptying through a narrower delta, the Malir River is nevertheless more conspicuous than its neighboring waterway; the river is wider, and the corridor of vegetation along its banks extends farther out into the city. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured the image on January 8, 2010.