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This cross section of the Earth's atmosphere at sunset and earth limb (24.5S, 43.5E) displays an unusual layering...
S65-65257 (4-18 Dec. 1965) --- Sunrise and Earth's limb, as photographed by astronauts Frank Borman and James A....
STS039-342-026 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- This view of the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, shows a band of...
Stable, south flowing air over the western Pacific Ocean (26.0N, 131.0E) is disturbed by islands south of Korea,...
STS054-151-150 (13-19 Jan 1993) --- View west into sun glint off the Rio Salado, Saladillo, and Parana Rivers in...
STS109-729-072 (9 March 2002) --- Looking westward, one of the STS-109 crew members photographed the newly serviced...
AS08-14-2383 (24 Dec. 1968) --- The rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto...
ISS022-E-062673 (9 Feb. 2010) --- Though astronauts and cosmonauts often encounter striking scenes of Earth's limb,...
View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation...
During STS-26, inertial upper stage (IUS) with tracking and data relay satellite C (TDRS-C) located in the payload...
About 50,000 Clementine images were processed to produce the four orthographic views of the Moon. The images show...
About 50,000 Clementine images were processed to produce the four orthographic views of the Moon. The images show...
During STS-31, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is held in appendage deploy position by Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle...
STS058-77-083 (18 Oct-1 Nov 1993) --- In this scene of the south coast of Africa, Cape Agulhas, the southernmost...
During STS-26, inertial upper stage (IUS) with the tracking and data relay satellite C (TDRS-C) drifts above...
During STS-26, inertial upper stage (IUS) with the tracking and data relay satellite C (TDRS-C) located in the...
STS030-10-008 (4-8 May 1989) --- Since the beginning manned space travel, astronauts have taken with them items of...
This image shows atmospheric water vapor in Earth upper troposphere, about 10 kilometers 6 miles above the surface,...
S114-E-5496 (28 July 2005) --- Earth’s limb at sunset as photographed by one of the STS-114 crewmembers...
STS035-28-006 (2-10 Dec 1990) --- STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) telescopes, in on-orbit operating position...
STS047-54-016 (12 - 20 Sept 1992) --- The colors in this photograph provide insight into the relative density of the...
This color picture of the limb of the Earth, looking north past Antarctica, is a mosaic of 11 images taken during a...
Artist Concept of Shuttle in-orbit flight with Earth limb in the background.
STS109-E-5882 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), appearing as a tiny, almost indistinguishable...