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Iberian Peninsula aglow

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Above is the Iberian Peninsula as photographed from the International Space Station. Light pollution looks pretty from space. From National Geographic:

This photograph from space also shows airglow, a faint green arc seen along the horizon that’s caused by chemical reactions among the gas molecules of Earth’s upper atmosphere.

Iberian Night

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