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From Day Into Night on the International Space Station

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A couple times a year, the International Space Station orbit happens to align over the day/night shadow line on Earth.

NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch @AstroChristina posted this image of Earth taken from aboard the International Space Station. She said: “A couple times a year, theInternational Space Stationorbit happens to align over the day/night shadow line on Earth. We are continuously in sunlight, never passing into Earth’s shadow from the Sun, and the Earth below us is always in dawn or dusk. Beautiful time to cloud watch. #nofilter

Image Credit: NASA