The International Space Station (ISS) posted a series of Earth images on the social media platform x. One of these images provides a stunning view of India from space, shining under a blanket of stars.
Sharing photos on X (East Twitter), ISS captioned the post, “When you can see the stars above, the light of the city, and the atmospheric glowing atmosphere of the earth, and the Earth’s horizon
When you can see the stars above, the bottom city lights, and atmospheric glowing are giving blankets to the Earth’s horizon.
Pick 1) Midwest United States
Picture 2) India
Picture 3) Southeast Asia
Picture 4) Canada pic.twitter.com/nra56ov3cm– International Space Station (@Space_Station) April 12, 2025
Four images are from areas of different parts of the world.
India’s image is outside the city lights. It reflects the densely populated nature of the country. Major groups of light are seen against the dark night after some dim light areas.
Most people reacted to ISS photos with comments like “terrible” and “grand”.
One user wrote, “Just stunning. We live on a wonderful rock!”
Just stunning. We live on a wonderful rock!
– Just for the truth here (@here Fortruturuth87) April 12, 2025
“We spread like spider webs,” read a comment.
We spread like spider webs
– Shane Boucher (@Shanedontpass) April 12, 2025
In addition to the image of India, the International Space Station (ISS) shared three other ideas of the Earth. A midwest shows the United States, with cloud patterns in the landscape. Another catchs Southeast Asia, which looks like a difference of land, water and scattered clouds.
The third image displays Canada at night. The city lights are spread over the landscape and the horizon, while a glowing green Arora extends into the sky. Earth’s curvature is also visible.
As NASAISS revolves around 370 km and 460 km above Earth. From this convenience point, it regularly shares the imagination of the Earth.