Atmosphere

Earth Atmosphere

From an average altitude of 400 kilometers above the surface of Earth, the brilliant shades of orange and red along our planet’s curving limb are often stunning. They also showcase an […]

Meteor shower from space

Meteor shower from space

Every January, bits of asteroid 2003 EH1 cross paths with Earth’s orbit to create a beautiful annual meteor shower: the Quadrantids. As the fragments collide with our atmosphere, they disintegrate […]

Cloudy Sulawesi, Indonesia

Cloudy Sulawesi, Indonesia

The International Space Station was crossing over the equator when an astronaut looked east and took this photograph just after sunrise. The strip of land outlined by morning sunglint is the northern […]