Comet Swan appears above Earth’s yellow-green airglow just before an orbital sunrise

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iss073e0982209 (Oct. 24, 2025) --- Comet Swan (C/2025 R2) appears above Earth’s yellow-green airglow just before an orbital sunrise, at a distance of about 27.2 million miles (43.8 million kilometers) from the planet. The International Space Station was orbiting 264 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Canada's most easterly province of Newfoundland and Labrador when this photograph was taken.