The American aerospace agency NASA showed what the change of day and night looks like from the ISS orbit.
The corresponding snapshot was published on the official website of the agency.
The photo was captured by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
It clearly shows how in the distance, on the “crescent” of the earth, a terminator is born, which is formed as a result of the change of day and night on our planet.
The astronauts noted that the photo included the Atlantic Ocean and the southeast coast of Brazil.
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The orbit of the International Space Station is approximately 420 km. For two decades, people from several countries have been constantly living and working on it.
It is curious that what many call weightlessness on the ISS, in fact, is not. The fact is that the ISS, like other artificial satellites of the Earth, is in a state of constant free fall, but their speed does not allow them to fall directly to the surface of the Earth. If the International Space Station were above the Earth in a relatively static position, then gravity would be felt on it.
We also previously reported that NASA satellites showed how the Earth has changed in 50 years: glaciers dry up and forests disappear.
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