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The first rays of an orbital sunrise illuminate Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Pacific Ocean near Chile's Patagonia coast on the South American continent.

The first rays of an orbital sunrise illuminate Earth’s atmosphere

iss072e030246 (Oct. 7, 2024) --- The first rays of an orbital sunrise illuminate Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Pacific Ocean near Chile's Patagonia coast on the South American continent.

Image Credit: NASA/Don Pettit
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