Earth Observation

ISS040-E-052112 (8 July 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members recorded this image from aboard the International Space Station flying 226 nautical miles above the western Pacific Ocean on July 8 at 11:24:26 GMT. The orbital outpost was flying above a point located at 45.4 degrees south latitude and 156.3 degrees west longitude. Part of the station's robotic arm, known as Canadarm2, is on the left side of the frame.

Photographer Steve Swanson