Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads Layers of Earth’s atmosphere imaged from the ISS August 2024 by Matthew Dominick https://i.redd.it/f0sq5spftvke1.jpeg
ojosdelostigres on February 23, 2025 12:31 pm Image from here [https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=ISS071&roll=E&frame=487045](https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=ISS071&roll=E&frame=487045) Also here [https://flickr.com/photos/rikyunreal/53968497744/in/album-72157649164247438](https://flickr.com/photos/rikyunreal/53968497744/in/album-72157649164247438)
Whimsy_and_Spite on February 23, 2025 12:47 pm Interesting little fact: This is why stars seem to twinkle, as their light is slightly refracted as it travels through the different layers of Earth’s atmosphere before reaching our eyeballs.
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Image from here
[https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=ISS071&roll=E&frame=487045](https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=ISS071&roll=E&frame=487045)
Also here
[https://flickr.com/photos/rikyunreal/53968497744/in/album-72157649164247438](https://flickr.com/photos/rikyunreal/53968497744/in/album-72157649164247438)
Interesting little fact: This is why stars seem to twinkle, as their light is slightly refracted as it travels through the different layers of Earth’s atmosphere before reaching our eyeballs.