Southeast Asia City Lights & Earth's Atmospheric Glow | International Space Station

Southeast Asia City Lights & Earth's Atmospheric Glow | International Space Station

This long-duration photograph taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above the Andaman Sea reveals the city lights of Southeast Asia and the typical green lights of the fishing boats underneath Earth's atmospheric glow. In the background, a star-filled sky and the Milky Way sparkle above our planet. 

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Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: JAXA Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy

NASA Flight Engineers: Don Pettit, Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation 

Image Credit: NASA/Don Pettit
Capture Date: March 26, 2025

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