Time-Lapse View of Earth’s Limb from the Space Station

Time-Lapse View of Earth’s Limb from the Space StationBright swaths of red in the upper atmosphere, known as airglow, can be seen in this time-lapse from the space station 250 miles above. NASA’s ICON mission, with a planned launch for the summer of 2017, will observe how interactions between terrestrial weather and a layer of charged particles called the ionosphere create the colorful glow.

Posted by International Space Station on martes, 5 de abril de 2016