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STS060-06-037 (3-11 Feb 1994) --- The city lights of Buffalo and Toronto outline the shores of the east end of Lake...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured these "sun rays" shining through clouds at sunset on Feb. 2, 2023, the 3,730th...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this feather-shaped iridescent cloud just after sunset on Jan. 27, 2023, the...
ISS017-E-011632 (22 July 2008) --- Polar Mesospheric Clouds (also known as noctilucent clouds) are transient, upper...
ISS031-E-116058 (13 June 2012) --- Polar mesospheric clouds in the Northern Hemisphere are featured in this image...
ISS024-E-006136 (16 June 2010) --- Polar mesospheric clouds, illuminated by an orbital sunrise, are featured in this...
ISS031-E-123071 (14 June 2012) --- The Great Lakes in sunglint are featured in this image photographed by an...
ISS022-E-052281 (30 Jan. 2010) --- Polar mesospheric clouds over the Southern Hemisphere are featured in this image...
S117-E-06998 (10 June 2007) --- Polar Mesospheric Clouds are featured in this image photographed by a STS-117...