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February 21, 2012
S134-E-009505 (27 May 2011) --- This is a view of the night sky of the Southern Hemisphere just off the port wing of Endeavour as the shuttle/space station tandem track northeastward over the South Atlantic Ocean about 1400 miles southeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The faint "airglow" of the Earth's atmosphere is visible just left of the wing. Photo credit: NASA
Topics:
Environment, Airglow, Observational astronomy, Plasma physics, Rio de Janeiro, Geography, Nature, CITY
