Pic of the Day: View from the International Space Station

Expedition 24 Crew, NASA

"Peering out of the windows of the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson takes in the planet on which we were all born, and to which she would soon return. About 350 kilometers up, the ISS is high enough so that the Earth's horizon appears clearly curved."

via [APOD], [neatorama]

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Comment by Suzy Maggie Aldridge on November 18, 2010 at 10:42am: I love this. It reassures me that we're out there not just mooching about on Earth.

Comment by Visnja V on November 17, 2010 at 11:58am: Very Nice and concerned...

Comment by sAm on November 17, 2010 at 11:01am: Such a calming photo. I wish my lunch break had that view.

Comment by Marica on November 17, 2010 at 8:51am: What a beautiful view? I'd love to take her place