iss073e0855854 (Sept. 21, 2025) --- City lights dot the Brazilian landscape and trace a path to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (center) on the Atlantic coast in this photograph taken at approximately 2:17 a.m. local from the International Stace Station as it orbited 263 miles above.

iss073e0780439 (Sept. 2, 2025) --- A diffuse aurora glows above Earth's horizon over Canada as its red and green hues shimmer like neon lights—an effect created by excited oxygen atoms high in the atmosphere. The city lights of the U.S.-Canadian Pacific Northwest (toward upper right) trace the continent eastward. The red aurora is produced by high-altitude oxygen atoms (~300 km), while the green glow comes from lower-altitude oxygen (~100 km), both excited by energetic electrons guided into the atmosphere by Earth's magnetic field during solar activity.

iss073e0854494 (Sept. 21, 2025) --- The coastlines of Colombia and Venezuela (left), illuminated by city lights, are separated from the island nations of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (far right) by the dark expanse of the Caribbean Sea. The International Space Station was orbiting approximately 260 miles above Earth when this photograph was taken at around 1:06 a.m. local time.