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Earth is beautiful. A stunning view of the Caribbean from the International Space Station.

Full 4K landscape version on Youtube: https://youtu.be/QGKhYIqCwrI

Timelapse created from images courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center ISS044-E-55403-55766 http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov.

The view from the International Space Station as an aurora meets the sunrise in space.

Watch the full 4K widescreen version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmK7oY-Xcr8

A stunning example of volcanic lightning, created when colliding particles of volcanic ash generate massive amounts of static electricity, captured by photographer Sergio Tapiro.

Sergio's website: http://galeria.sergiotapiro.com

Saturn's heavily cratered moon Tethys slipping behind atmosphere-shrouded Titan captured by the Cassini spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI
Source: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/14811/tethys-slips-behind-titan/

Timelapse created using photographs taken from the International Space Station, courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS066-E-16986-17742 http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov.

A spectacular timelapse flying over Mexico and the United States at night in the International Space Station.

4K landscape version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qf4a02yOsI

The fantastic dead leaf mimicry of the Uropyia meticulodina moth lets it hide in plain sight.

Video credit: Kazuo Unno
Source: https://www.goo.ne.jp/green/life/unno/movie/movie.html?movieid=1340715995

This is what happens when you wring out a wet towel while floating in space.

Credit: CSA/NASA

The CME shown was captured by NASA's SDO spacecraft on Aug 31, 2012. The CME was not aimed directly at Earth, but did connect with Earth's magnetosphere, causing spectacular auroras on the night of Sep 3, like this one captured over Whitehorse, Yukon by David Cartier, Sr.
Source: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News090412-filament.html

One of the most spectacular coronal mass ejections from the Sun ever captured by NASA's SDO spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/SDO

Spectacular aurora seen from space.