Editor's note: this is worth viewing in large to see the snowy details on Earth in the background!
Backdropped by a wintry scene on Earth, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, docked to the International Space Station, is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 26 crew member on the station.
Image credit: NASA
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southernhobbyist 28 months ago | reply
awesome image my friend
nasieku [deleted] 28 months ago | reply
Looks pretty cold down there on the ground!
Mike & Indy 28 months ago | reply
Suuperb view!
Chris Devers 28 months ago | reply
Cool!
CameliaTWU 28 months ago | reply
Great shot
pauline.kehoe 28 months ago | reply
Spectacular capture.
Serge Freeman 28 months ago | reply
Incredible shot!
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rhanelt 28 months ago | reply
Pictures like this just never get old. Amazing.
thoeflich 28 months ago | reply
Awesome room with a view.
LTCE 28 months ago | reply
Superb!
Little Grey 28 months ago | reply
breathtaking...
Ed Kruger 20 months ago | reply
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mdmarkus66 20 months ago | reply
Where is this above? There's what looks like a shadow on the ground (lower center of the photo), and if i'm interpreting it right, it's a very tall monolith.
Chris Devers 20 months ago | reply
NASA's Astronaut Photography of Earth display records for these photos usually have lat/lon coordinates.
In this case however, Display Record ISS026-E-021655 lacks most of the metadata including the location, and a Google search for photo ISS026-E-021655 isn't turning up any alternative records for it.
So someone at NASA will have to update the database for us to find out where it was taken. (In spite of my profile icon, I'm not affiliated with NASA :-)
Arimm 20 months ago | reply
Awesome!
Cristyjan 20 months ago | reply
Nice pic