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The city lights of Central Asia sparkle underneath a bright yellow airglow
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iss073e0920829 (Oct. 20, 2025) --- This celestial view from a window aboard the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft captures the city lights of Central Asia sparkling underneath a bright yellow airglow as an orbital sunrise begins to illuminate Earth's atmosphere underneath a starry night sky. The International Space Station was orbiting 263 miles above Uzbekistan at approximately 4:40 a.m. local time when this long-exposure photograph was taken.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineThe city lights of Central Asia sparkle underneath a bright yellow airglow. NASA/JSC, 2025-10-20. Public domain. ID: iss073e0920829.
