Earthlings live at the bottom of the air ocean. But this ocean, although deeper than all real seas, is unimaginably thin by cosmic standards. Only a hundred kilometers separates the Earth from the darkness of space, but in this hundred there are beautiful sunsets, and clouds carrying life-giving rain, and a deep, seemingly boundless blue.
For half a century, the beauty of the earth's atmosphere can be seen from an unusual angle – from space. Orbiting the Earth in 90 minutes, astronauts and astronauts observe sunrises and sunsets 16 times a day. These beautiful atmospheric phenomena are captured in great pictures.
Early morning over the southern hemisphere of the Earth. The stars and the moon shine brightly over the growing dawn. Photo: NASA / Fragile Oasis
At the edge of night and day. Taking pictures with a long exposure of the side of the Earth unlit by the Sun, one can detect the glow of settlements. This area of our planet is waiting for the morning. Dawn has already illuminated the atmosphere.
“… And the Sun rises.” Beautiful morning aboard the ISS. Photo: NASA
This image captures the silhouette of Space Shuttle Endeavor as it approaches the International Space Station. At this time, the orbital outpost was at an altitude of about 300 km above the South Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Chile. The orange layer in the photo is the troposphere, the lowest part of the earth's atmosphere. This orange layer is replaced by a whitish stratosphere, which then passes into the mesosphere.
The DPRK coast and the Sea of Japan are bathed in the rays of the rising sun. Astronauts working at the International Space Station see a picture of the earth's morning every 1.5 hours.
Evening Earth. When the sun is at sunset, objects cast long shadows. However, shadows of this length are unlikely to be found on Earth!
Sun over the pacific ocean
Wonderful sunset over South America.
A meteor from the Perseid stream burns up in the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere.
The moon and planet Venus rise above the morning Earth. Photo by astronaut Don Pettit.
Sunrise over Buenos Aires.
