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Serene image of the Moon glinting off the Southern Pacific Ocean
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iss073e0982346 (Oct. 25, 2025) --- This serene image of the Moon (upper right) glinting off the Southern Pacific Ocean—beneath a yellow-green airglow and a starry night sky—was taken at approximately 8:59 p.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above Earth, southwest of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France comprising more than 100 islands.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineSerene image of the Moon glinting off the Southern Pacific Ocean. NASA/JSC, 2025-10-25. Public domain. ID: iss073e0982346.
