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This is a composite image of Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band images show the bright and complex signature of the...
ISS039-E-009160 (2 April 2014) --- This nighttime view featuring the aurora borealis, the moon and Moscow was...
ISS030-E-075182 (4 Feb. 2012) --- This nighttime view of Earth's horizon and scattered city lights was photographed...
ISS030-E-177670 (28 March 2012) --- One of the Expedition 30 crew members photographed this nighttime scene while...
ISS030-E-185327 (28 March 2012) --- Moscow, Russia appears at the center of this nighttime image photographed by one...
ISS030-E-185321 (28 March 2012) --- Moscow, Russia appears at the center of this nighttime image photographed by one...