Moonrise at Sunrise from the International Space Station

Seen from this perspective, the atmosphere doesn’t seem as limitless as from Earth’s surface

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By Tom Yulsman
Oct 30, 2019 2:45 AMNov 18, 2019 4:40 PM
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NASA astronaut Christina Koch shot this image of moonrise at sunrise from the International Space Station. (Source: Christina Koch/NASA via Twitter)

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I spotted this serenely beautiful photo of the crescent moon rising above the limb of the Earth at sunrise on Twitter. I was so taken with it that I just had to share it.

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