City lights define the Nile River Valley as it snakes across the Egyptian desert. The cities of Naj' Hamadi, Qena, and Luxor, shine the brightest. Communities in the hillsides create a thin border along either side of the valley. Simliar strips line the Nile itself. Most of Egypt's population, and most of the country's ../Features/Lights2/ arable land, occupies the Nile River Valley. To learn more about this image, and the area around Luxor, Egypt, read: ../Features/GreatBend/great_bend.html The Great Bend of the Nile, Day and Night
