Sunita Williams captured photos of the Earth at night from the International Space Station, including shots of a sandstorm leaving North Africa, the Gibraltar Straits between Europe and Africa, the Swiss Alps, Iceland, the Black Sea, and the Red Sea. A satellite photo shows lights already on in cities in Europe like Paris and Barcelona but still daylight in others like London, Lisbon, and Madrid, with the Azores islands visible in the ocean. Another photo shows nightfall over Brazil in major cities like Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and others along the Brazilian coast. A final photo shows nighttime lights over North America centered around Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington and stretching to Miami,
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1. BLUE BEAUTY Photos by Astronaut Sunita Williams
15. SPECTACULAR! Satellite photo of Europe and Africa at night on a cloudless day. Lights are already on in Paris, Barcelona but not in London, Lisbon or Madrid, where there is still daylight. You can see the Azores in the middle of the ocean. A little below Madeira and further Canary Islands and Cape Verde. You can observe the continent platforms from the British Isles to Canada and Iceland in the middle.
16. France Iceland Italy Continental Platform England FRICA Already night time here. Spain Atlantic Ocean Cabo Verde Island Canary Islands Islas de la Madera y Azores
17. NIGHTFALL IN BRAZIL Grande S達o Paulo Rio de Janeiro Belo Horizonte Salvador Atlantic Ocean Brazilian Continental Platform.
18. Grande S達o Paulo Rio de Janeiro Salvador Recife Fortaleza Bras鱈lia Goi但nia Uberl但ndia Belo Horizonte Florian坦polis
20. The biggest concentration of lights (from top to bottom) are the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington. Miami Houston Dallas Chicago Still daylight in California. Puerto Rico
21. THE END TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH AND EDITED MSW 2007 Isnt this magic ? So our children can enjoy these spectacular views for a long time, please forward this message to as many people as possible.