Caption by Space Station Academy student: This photo is taken at night time off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico. There are lights representing the different cities in the area and areas of darkness where there aren't many residents. Off to the right side of the photo (south), there are bright white lights representing a thunder and lightning storm. This view from space of how a populated area looks is fascinating to me. I also love how a small portion if the ISS is included in the picture.

Captions by 2cSpace Station Academy student: 1) This is a picture of Mexico with different kinds of vibrant lights: man made lights, (city lights), galaxy lights ( star lights) and storm lights (lightning). In this picture I love how there are three different kinds of lights in the same picture! With this photo people study how they look from space and compare their differences. 2) This is a picture of a mix of a lot of different things. There is a thunderstorm in one area and a city in another. The gold colors are city lights. The bright flashes in the clouds that look like camera flashes are lightening. You have a good view of the horizon line with the thin layer of the atmosphere showing up with the sun. You can also see part of the ISS. I like this picture because it was a night picture and I love night pictures. I like that you can see a lightening storm over the water and cities lit up on the land. The horizon is beautiful and there are so may bright spots in this picture!!

Caption by Space Station Academy student: Picture showing city lights at night. (and some ISS at the top). It's a beautiful picture. It almost looks like wildfires. I wonder if it helps research on light pollution.

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Caption by Space Station Academy student: This is a picture from above of a airplane flying between Ireland and the U.K. with vibrant blue water below it and a contrail behind it. I just learned that the trail that an airplane leaves is called a contrail but I still can't figure out what that dark line is....

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