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Astronaut photos of sunrises and sunsets occasionally include stunning views of high-flying aerosol plumes.


Astronaut photograph ISS062-E-5419 was acquired on February 12, 2020, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using an 400 millimeter lens and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 61 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Cupola photo of Samantha Cristoforetti originally posted by the European Space Agency here. NASA Earth Observatory visualization by Joshua Stevens, using CALIPSO data from NASA/CNES. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published May 6, 2021
Data acquired February 12, 2021

Sources:
CALIPSO > CALIOP
ISS > Digital Camera
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