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Technology

Picture of the Day: A View of a Sunset from Above

Rebecca J. Rosen
September 20, 2011

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On September 16, 2001, members of the crew aboard the International Space Station snapped up this shot of the sun setting on planet Earth. Part of the space station is visible in the foreground.

Image: NASA.

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