Windows on Earth

Tiran Island, Egypt, as photographed from the ISS.

The Northern Lights, photographed from the ISS as it passed over the Pacific Northwest.

The Dead Sea, photographed from the International Space Station.

The International Space Station’s football field-sized solar array, which weighs over 413 tons and provides electricity throughout the ISS.

Miniature “Cubesat” satellites being launched from the International Space Station.

Smoke from forest fires in Washington state, USA, photographed from the International Space Station.

Aurora from the ISS.

Saudi Arabian landscape photographed from the International Space Station.

ISS photograph of the Aral Sea.

The International Space Station above the spinning Earth.

Clouds over the desert in Libya, photographed from the ISS.

Egyptian Islands in the Gulf of Suez, photographed from the ISS.

Astronaut’s-eye view of Cuba from the ISS windows. 

A beautiful sunrise photographed from the International Space Station. Since the ISS moves through low Earth orbit at a speed of about 17,500 mph and circles the Earth every 90 minutes, the astronauts get to see 15 or 16 sunrises and sunsets every day. 

Gardiner’s Island, New York, photographed from the ISS.

Space station photograph of Montana farmland by day.

Crater Lake, Oregon, photographed from the ISS.