A yellow-green airglow crowns the horizon beneath a starry sky and a faint Milky Way

iss074e0043595 (Dec. 29, 2025) --- This long-duration photograph of Earth’s horizon was taken at approximately 8:30 p.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the Indian Ocean, south of Jakarta, Indonesia. A yellow-green airglow crowns the horizon beneath a starry sky and a faint Milky Way.