Earth's Limb and Airglow (NASA, International Space Station Science, 01/07/08)

Earth's limb and airglow form part of the background for this scene of solar array panels on the International Space Station that appear to be intersecting. Actually the small section of panel in the upper left corner is connected to the Zvezda service module, from which the image was recorded. The other section of arrays is part of the primary solar array system on the orbiting outpost.

 

Image credit: NASA

 

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More about the Crew Earth Observation experiment aboard the International Space Station:

www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/experiments/CE...

 

More about space station science:

www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/index.html

 

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