Earth's limb, or horizon, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. Framing the top of the photograph, is a portion of Japan's Kibo laboratory module with its Exposed Facility that houses external experiments to understand the effects of space radiation and extreme temperatures on a variety of materials.
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NASA
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Earth's limb, or horizon, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. Framing the top of the photograph, is a portion of Japan's Kibo laboratory module with its Exposed Facility that houses external experiments to understand the effects of space radiation and extreme temperatures on a variety of materials.