111K views · 547 shares | Some of the best views on Earth can only be seen from 250 miles above the planet.  ESA - European Space Agency | UNILAD Tech | Facebook

48K views · 437 reactions | The European Space Agency released a time lapse video—comprising over 21,000 images—of Earth as seen from the International Space Station in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the first ISS module's launch in 1998. https://abcn.ws/2DPoKHK | ABC News | Facebook

396K views · 6.2K shares | Time-Lapse View of Earth's Limb from the Space Station Bright swaths of red in the upper atmosphere, known as airglow, can be seen in this time-lapse from the space station 250 miles above. NASA's ICON mission, with a planned launch for the summer of 2017, will observe how interactions between terrestrial weather and a layer of charged particles called the ionosphere create the colorful glow. | International Space Station | Facebook