Above and Beyond: Night over Scandinavia

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Astronauts on the International Space Station took this image of southern Scandinavia in 2015. 

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Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach in collaboration with the NASA Earth Observatory.

All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA

except:
·       Daytime photo of lightning in Arizona courtesy of Wikipedia user ed ouimette
·       Photo of oil wells and flare in North Dakota courtesy of Tim Evanson
·       Photo of fracking equipment in North Dakota courtesy of Joshua Doubek
·       Photo of old and new San Francisco – Oakland Bay bridges courtesy of Frank Schulenburg
·       Sea creature illustration copyright The National Library of Israel, Shapell Family Digitization Project _and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Geography – Historic Cities Research Project
 
Music courtesy of Associated Production Music
Written by Tracy Vogel
Designed by Marc Lussier

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Satellite image of Planet Earth with small orange lights on land.
 
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Text, Astronauts on the International Space Station took this image of southern Scandinavia in 2015.
 
Lights from the countries' largest cities highlight the coastlines.
 
The image shows a bright light to the north with a halo of green above.
 
Text, A green aurora glows in the north, while a full Moon illuminates clouds and snow below.