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The Beauty of Earth From Orbit

Recent images of our home planet, seen by crew members of the International Space Station

By Alan Taylor
A view of an aurora above the Earth, green curtains of light scattered high above the clouds, seen from aboard the International Space Station.
NASA

The International Space Station, orbiting Earth at about 17,150 miles per hour, is currently home to seven crew members. In recent months, the astronauts and cosmonauts of Expedition 67 and 68 have taken some amazing photographs of our lovely planet as they pass overhead, and I wanted to share more of these unique views here.

The caption of this essay’s third photo previously misidentified Chengdu as Beijing.

About the Author

Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.