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Earth’s Radiant Atmosphere

The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast Argentina.
The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the Earth's atmosphere in this Feb. 17, 2023, photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina.

The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the Earth’s atmosphere in this Feb. 17, 2023, photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina. Astronauts aboard the space station see 16 sunrises and sunsets per day.

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Image Credit: NASA