- 50 breath-taking images from the International Space Station
Milky Way and lightning over the Pacific
Here’s a photograph of Earth’s nightlights was taken in August 2015 as the station flew over the Pacific Ocean and the island of Kiribati, south of Hawaii.
SpaceX Crew Dragon silhouetted against Earth’s horizon
Earth and the ISS captured in “space selfie”
During a spacewalk, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques took this “space selfie” in his helmet, managing to capture the curvature of the Earth.
Star trails captured over Earth on the ISS
The International Space Station is not only one of humanity’s greatest feats of engineering and it also makes for a great place to snap images of our planet.
Spacewalk over New Zealand
Here astronauts are shown making adjustments to the exterior of the ISS during an extravehicular activity (EVA) mission in December 2006.
Lights of the Northern European cities
Pictured clockwise from top right to bottom left, the brightest lights are those in London, Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Brussels.
Scandinavia and the Northern Lights at night
Taken in April 2015 this shows southern Scandinavia just before midnight under a full moon, with the curvature of Earth illuminated by a green aurora.
Southern Lights captured above southwest Australia
Astronauts on board the International Space Station are treated to an average of 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours. The result in some awesome views.
Full moon over Guam
Astronauts on board the ISS captured an image of the full moon as the station orbited 254 miles above the Pacific Ocean northeast of Guam in June 2019.
The sun’s glint beams off the Celebes Sea
Part of the ISS solar array is shown as it soars 255 miles above Indonesia and captures the sun’s glint beaming off the Celebes Sea in southeast Asia.
Earth’s Limb on starry night
The Earth’s limb, the name given to the atmosphere as it creates a “halo” along the planet’s curve, is seen in this image.
Utah’s Great Salt Lake’s colours captured by the ISS
The International Space Station has also revealed how our planet’s most striking geological features appear from space.
Eye of Sahara
From 255 miles up, the crew of the ISS took this image of the Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara or the Eye of Africa.
Nile River Delta in Egypt pictured beneath the SpaceX Dragon resupply mission
In August 2019, this image was snapped showing the SpaceX Dragon ship docking with the ISS’s Harmony module as part of the CRS-18 resupply mission.
Orbital sunrise
This one is extra special as it shows the first time the rays from the sun reflected off the ISS Roll-Out Solar Array.
The Pyramids
We imagine you’ve never seen the Pyramids of Egypt from this angle before.
