images

Sunset in earth atmosphere

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-nua10-00020

Date

2010-01-12

One of the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia photographed this west-looking view featuring the profile of the atmosphere and the setting sun. The shuttle was located over the Java Sea to the south of Kalimantan (Borneo) in Indonesia when this image was acquired. Visible to the right of the setting sun are cloud tops from some thunderstorms.