The picture was taken on September 30, 2022
NASA’s International Space Station recently released a spectacular image of a “waxing crescent moon.” This photo was taken on September 30, 2022, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported that the ISS took this picture when it orbited 267 miles (429 km) southwest of the Atlantic Ocean off South Africa. During one orbital it was orbited during sunrise.
The image features a waxing crescent moon and a spectacular sequence of colors that roughly shows the many layers of the atmosphere. This edge-on view of Earth gives us a look into the layers of our colorful atmosphere, NASA said. The troposphere (orange) is below, above the dark limb of the Earth’s surface. This is the layer we call home, the air we breathe and the clouds in the sky.
The US space agency further stated in its Instagram post that it has a white stratosphere above it; This layer is 22 miles (35 km) thick. It contains ozone layer which protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation (UV) rays.
The light blue of the mesosphere and beyond gradually fades into the darkness of space. “The mesosphere is where meteors burn up during meteor showers, due to the number of gases present that cause friction and generate heat,” NASA said.
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope previously shared an image of a “mysterious cosmic keyhole”. The telescope, which is known for its important discoveries, photographed NGC 1999, an image nebula in the constellation Orion, located 1,350 light-years from Earth.
The incredible image showed a “strange picture” of swirling clouds of gas and dust. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shared an extraterrestrial view of the nebula on Friday.
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