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A yellow-green airglow blankets the city lights of North America
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iss073e0982431 (Oct. 25, 2025) --- A yellow-green airglow, caused by atoms and molecules releasing energy as light after being excited by ultraviolet sunlight or cosmic rays, blankets the city lights of North America in this photograph, taken at approximately 2:18 a.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above Texas.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineA yellow-green airglow blankets the city lights of North America. NASA/JSC, 2025-10-25. Public domain. ID: iss073e0982431.
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