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Aurora - southern lights - dancing with #Orion 9/14/11 18:48 GMT
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My son gave me good advice about camera settings. Perseids meteor shower August 13, 2011 as we were travelling over China, northwest of Beijing. Credit: Ron Garan/NASA
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I have always said, “you can’t see any borders from space.” Apparently I was wrong. What I saw in this picture which I took as a practice shot the night of August 17, 2001 – and what we all see now – is an illuminated man made border between India and Pakistan, clearly visible from space. Credit: Ron Garan/NASA
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The quarter moon over Afghanistan August 22, 2011. What looks like a mountain range is actually clouds painted red by the sun low in the sky. Credit: Ron Garan/NASA
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Sunrise. Credit: Ron Garan/NASA
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Orion on the horizon as we travelled over China and Korea August 20, 2011. Credit: Ron Garan/NASA
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Some of the pictures look right out of Star Trek or Star Wars :RockOn::Respect: