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Keywords: ISS, international space station, Earth
![Планета Аврора](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/06/26/0001337917/ISSaurora_150623_kelly1024.preview.jpg)
26.06.2015
What bizarre alien planet is this ? It's planet Earth of course, seen through the shimmering glow of aurorae from the International Space Station. About 400 kilometers (250 miles) above, the orbiting station is itself within the upper realm of the auroral displays, also watched from the planet's surface on June 23rd.
![Два мира - одно Солнце](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/05/12/0001336954/TwoWorldsOneSun_Bouic_1080.preview.jpg)
12.05.2015
How different does sunset appear from Mars than from Earth? For comparison, two images of our common star were taken at sunset, one from Earth and one from Mars. These images were scaled to have same angular width and featured here side-by-side.
![Восход Земли](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/09/06/0001342562/Earthrise_Apollo8_960.preview.jpg)
6.09.2015
What's that rising over the edge of the Moon? Earth. About 47 years ago, in December of 1968, the Apollo 8 crew flew from the Earth to the Moon and back again. Frank...
![Счастливые люди на Земле танцуют](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/07/26/0001246280/dance.preview.jpg)
25.07.2010
What are these humans doing? Dancing. Many humans on Earth exhibit periods of happiness, and one method of displaying happiness is dancing. Happiness and dancing transcend political boundaries and occur in practically every human society. Above, Matt Harding traveled through many nations on Earth, started dancing, and filmed the result.
![Огнепад в лунном свете](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/06/08/0001384267/MLFirefall_WF2_960.preview.jpg)
8.06.2017
On certain dates in February, an elusive firefall can be spotted at sunset in Yosemite National Park, when the weather cooperates and the direction to the setting Sun is just right. Often photographed from...
![Земля ночью](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/07/09/0001385895/EarthAtNight_SuomiNPP_1080.preview.jpg)
9.07.2017
Can you find your favorite country or city? Surprisingly, on this world-wide nightscape, city lights make this task quite possible. Human-made lights highlight particularly developed or populated areas of the Earth's surface, including the seaboards of Europe, the eastern United States, and Japan.
![Ударный кратер Маникуаган](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/05/03/0001468440/iss059e019043_1024.preview.jpg)
2.05.2019
Orbiting 400 kilometers above Quebec, Canada, planet Earth, the International Space Station Expedition 59 crew captured this snapshot of the broad St. Lawrence River and curiously circular Lake Manicouagan on April 11. Right of center, the ring-shaped lake is a modern reservoir within the eroded remnant of an ancient 100 kilometer diameter impact crater.
![Дрон "Int-Ball" активирован на космической станции](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/07/26/0001386740/ISSdrone_jaxa_960.preview.jpg)
25.07.2017
What if you were followed around by a cute floating ball that kept taking your picture? Then you might be an astronaut on today's International Space Station (ISS). Designed by the Japan Aerospace...
![Запуск ракеты: вид с космической станции](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2018/11/26/0001446924/launch.preview.jpg)
26.11.2018
Have you ever seen a rocket launch -- from space? A close inspection of the featured time-lapse video will reveal a rocket rising to Earth orbit as seen from the International Space Station (ISS).
![Космическая станция пересекает Солнце без пятен](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/07/15/0001482912/SpotlessSunIss_Colacurcio_960.preview.jpg)
15.07.2019
That's no sunspot. It's the International Space Station (ISS) caught passing in front of the Sun. Sunspots, individually, have a dark central umbra, a lighter surrounding penumbra, and no solar panels. By contrast, the ISS is a complex and multi-spired mechanism, one of the largest and most sophisticated machines ever created by humanity.
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