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Image of Moon from Earth Orbit

Text and image courtesy NASA website: ‘Photographed by the Expedition 28 crew aboard the International Space Station, this image shows the moon, the Earth’s only natural satellite, at center with the limb of Earth near the bottom transitioning into the orange-colored troposphere, the lowest and most dense portion of the Earth’s atmosphere. The troposphere ends abruptly at the tropopause, which appears in the image as the sharp boundary between the orange- and blue-colored atmosphere. The silvery-blue noctilucent clouds extend far above the Earth’s troposphere.’

Image credit: NASA

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  1. This is a gorgeous photo. This sort of image justifies the ISS to some extent.Thank you also for your description.

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