An orbital sunrise beams across Earth's horizon revealing silhouetted clouds above the South China Sea.
The crew aboard the International Space Station has a window on Planet Earth. In this image an orbital sunrise beams across Earth’s horizon revealing silhouetted clouds above the South China Sea.
Every 24 hours, the space station makes 16 orbits of Earth, traveling through 16 sunrises and sunsets.
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Image Credit: NASA