APOD 2.2

11/5/10

Night Lights

The Constellations that sprawl across this night sky are not of the skies of planet Earth, but a view from the International Space Station as it passed along the northern gulf of the United States on Oct. 29th. Docked in the foreground is a Russian Soyuz Spacecraft. Behind its extended solar panels, some 360 panels below, are the recognizable city lights of New Orleans! One can make out Houston, Mobile, and can trace the lights of of central US highway 155. November 2nd marked the first decade of continuous human presence in space on board the International Space Station.

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