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The Milky Way galaxy, filled with stars, is on the left side of the image. On the right side, Earth looks like a giant green marble with a bright curved outline (Earth's atmosphere).

Milky Way on the Horizon

The Milky Way appears beyond Earth's horizon in this celestial photograph captured on Jan. 29, 2025, by NASA astronaut Don Pettit using a camera with low light and long duration settings pointed out a window on the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft. The International Space Station was orbiting 265 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile just before sunrise.

Image Credit: NASA/Don Pettit

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