The Rio de la Plata separates the nations of Argentina (bottom) and Uruguay (top) in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 270 miles above. Barely visible (at lower center), is the populous city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the mouth of the Paraná Delta which empties in to the Rio de la Plata.
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NASA
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The Rio de la Plata separates the nations of Argentina (bottom) and Uruguay (top) in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 270 miles above. Barely visible (at lower center), is the populous city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the mouth of the Paraná Delta which empties in to the Rio de la Plata.