Polar Mesospheric Clouds, Southern Hemisphere

Night-shining clouds high in the atmosphere over the southern polar region appear in shades of blue and orange in this astronaut photo from January 30, 2010.

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Astronaut photograph ISS022-E-52281 was acquired on January 30, 2010, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera fitted with a 70mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 22 crew. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. 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 William L. Stefanov, NASA-JSC.

Published February 22, 2010
Data acquired January 30, 2010

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography