
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Hey, Houston, what were you doing an hour ago when I snapped this picture from #ISS?

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: From southernmost point of orbit over the South Pacific- all clouds seemed to be leading to the South Pole.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Russian Progress vehicle- packed full of trash, closed up & ready to undock from #ISS in just over an hr at GMT 20:44.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Looking southwest over northern Africa. Libya, Algeria, Niger.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Melbourne, Australia.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Tien Shan mountain range, Central Asia.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Photo downlinked to folder: Colorado wild fires.

Earth observation taken during a night pass by the Expedition 36 crew. Per Twitter message: Seven Sisters overlooking Reunion & Mauritius Islands in a moonlit Indian Ocean.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS036-E-035632 (24 Aug. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station recorded this vertical image of Lake Ontario on Aug. 24, 2013. Lake Simcoe in Southern Ontario, Canada, is easily recognizable by its odd shape in upper right, just below the southeastern tip of Georgian Bay.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: First hint of sunrise is blue. Then red creeps in.

Earth observation taken during a night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Orion.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message this is labeled as: Taiwan.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 36 crew.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Dusk, as we traveled south of the tip of Africa.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Simply Earth.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Evening in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Perhaps a dandelion losing its seeds in the wind? Love clouds!

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Photo downlinked to folder: Colorado wild fires.

Earth observation taken by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Evening storms over Oman & United Arab Emirates.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

A sunset over the Aleutian Islands,with noctilucent clouds,as documented by the Expedition 36 crew. Per Twitter message: Sunrise and moonrise.

Earth observation taken by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Eastern Mediterranean Sea coast, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Southwest Egypt.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Southwest coast of Peru.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Coast of Somalia on the Indian Ocean.

Earth observation taken during night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message this is labeled as : Tehran, Iran. Lights along the coast of the Caspian Sea visible through clouds. July 21.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 36 crew. Per Twitter message: The waning gibbous moon and the Earth's terminator.

Earth observation taken during a night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message this is labeled as: Detroit, Cleveland, Toronto and a blue hint of sunrise.

ISS036-E-037185 (26 Aug. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station used a 50mm lens to record this view of the massive drought-aided Rim Fire in and around California's Yosemite National Park and the Stanislaus National Forest on Aug. 26. The fire began on Aug. 17 and, at the time of this photo on Aug. 26, it still continues to burn, as some 3,700 firefighters battle it. More than 224 square miles have been affected.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per twitter message this is labeled as: Southernmost Gulf of California/Sea of Cortez.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Our orbit has often recently been taking us along the terminator, for long periods of low sun & long shadows.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Amazing rivers in Brazil.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: North central Africa.

ISS036-E-035683 (24 Aug. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station used a 50mm lens to record this image of massive wildfires in and around California's Yosemite National Park on Aug. 24.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Cloud gazing over the Pacific Ocean. Hearts?

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: A broader view of the northern coast of Australia on the Timor Sea.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Qinghai Province, western China.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Cyprus.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Aydar Lake, Uzbekistan.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: The Galápagos Islands.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Tashk and Bakhtegan Lakes, Iran.

Earth observation taken during night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Bangkok, under light cloud cover.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, lower right.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: This crisp, sun-lit cloud edge could make one mistakenly think there is a continent below.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Just another sunset...

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Day turns to night at the terminator.

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Somewhere over the Pacific.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: The Great Lakes.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 36 crew.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Bahamas.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). The moon is visible in the distance.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: The Nile.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observation taken during a night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: An impressive line of storms moving through Asia July 24. The lightning was amazing!

Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: The Aegean Sea.