Late on Tuesday, international Russian astronaut Sergey Ryazanskiy shared captivating images of Saudi Arabia's Mecca, taken from space.
Captioning his post, Ryazanskiy wrote:
"The holiest place in the Islamic world. #Mecca is beautiful both day and night. Impossible to confuse it with any other city in the world even from space."
And the images are quite stunning:
Mecca from space
Another angle
Not the only Arab city captured by Ryazanskiy
The astronaut travels the world and captures images from space, sharing stills via his Instagram page.
He has previously shared astonishing images of Arab cities other than Mecca and they include: