This is a landscape of the Earth's oceans and clouds at twilight, when darkness begins to fall. Shadows are spreading, showing the gradual darkening like at sunset. The sun is shining from the right, reflecting the reddish sunlight off the top of the clouds. This light has been filtered through the lower atmosphere, the dusty troposphere, of the planet. This photo was taken in June 2001 from the International Space Station at an altitude of 211 nautical miles (390 km).
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