This picture was taken from the International Space Station. I have seen what a lot of the stars and nebulas looked like, so it was interesting to see what Earth looked like from space. This picture was taken from 220 miles above Earth. In this picture I can see the the Gulf coast and where some of the major cities are like New Orleans and Houston. Following the bright lights, you can even see the central US highway I55. They Earth is covered with all these lines and dots of light that we have created. It puts things into perspective because I never really knew how much light we use. It seems as if the Earth is constantly glowing and there is no where to escape all the light.
Also, reading about the International Space Station, November 2nd marked the first decade of continuous human presence in space on board the International Space Station. This was surprising because I didn't even realize that there were people living in space for that long. Some of the people that have been on the station stayed up there anywhere from a month to 150 days. I can't imagine what it must have been like to live out in space for that long in a completely different environment. And from the pictures that are on their website, it looked like is was a tight space to move in, but apparently it is as large as a 5 bedroom home, with two bathrooms, a personal gym. It's amazing that they were able to build something like that and put it into space and be able to live in it.
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