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Moonlit, violet-hued view of the International Space Station’s main solar arrays
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iss073e0850593 (Sept. 17, 2025) --- This moonlit, violet-hued view of the International Space Station’s main solar arrays, partially overlapped by a smaller set of roll-out solar arrays, was captured at approximately 5:16 a.m. local time. The orbital outpost was soaring 265 miles above the Pacific Ocean, just north of New Zealand, when this photograph was taken.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMoonlit, violet-hued view of the International Space Station’s main solar arrays. NASA/JSC, 2025-09-17. Public domain. ID: iss073e0850593.
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