Here's a look at some of the most beautiful pictures of planet Earth as seen in NASA's images from outer space.
Here's a look at some of the most beautiful pictures of planet Earth as seen in NASA's images from outer space.
1. Auroras
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Auroras are created when fast-moving, magnetic solar material strikes Earth’s magnetic bubble, the magnetosphere. (NASA photo)
2. St Louis, Missouri and East St Louis, Illinois, USA
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One of the Expedition 38 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station photographed this night image of St Louis, Missouri and East St Louis, Illinois and surrounding area. (NASA photo)
3. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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City lights of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are featured in this image taken by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station. (NASA photo)
4. Europe
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Orbital Sciences' Cygnus cargo carrier craft, in the grasp of the International Space Station's robot arm, is prominent in the foreground of this nighttime photo. Many European countries can be seen in the photo. (NASA photo)
5. Nile River
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, recently past the halfway mark of his one-year mission to the International Space Station, photographed the Nile River during a nighttime flyover. (NASA photo)
6. Phoenix, Arizona
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One of the Expedition 35 crew members on the International Space Station used a still camera with a 400 millimeter lens to record this nocturnal image of the Phoenix, Arizona area. (NASA photo)
7. United States of America
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This image of the United States of America at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite. (NASA photo)
8. Maldives
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This image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra spacecraft shows North and South Malosmadulu Atolls in the Maldives. (NASA photo)
9. And finally, India and Pakistan
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An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this nighttime panorama while looking north across the Indus River valley. Karachi is the bright cluster of lights facing the Arabian Sea, which appears completely black. City lights and the dark colour of dense agriculture closely track with the great curves of the Indus valley. (NASA photo)
