A Northwest Night Awash in Light

The glow of city lights, the aurora, and a rising Moon illuminate the night along the northwest coast of North America.

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Astronaut photograph ISS072-E-806482 was acquired on March 19, 2025, with a Nikon Z9 digital camera using a focal length of 28 millimeters. It is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 72 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by Samantha Jacob, Barrios, JETS II Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published September 7, 2025
Data acquired March 19, 2025

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography