This document shares photos taken from space of the Earth at nighttime. It includes photos of Europe and Africa with city lights visible in Paris, Barcelona, and other cities. Photos also show nightfall occurring in Brazil, the USA, and other parts of the world. The photos provide a view of the Earth from space and how the transition from day to night looks from our planet in the middle of the universe.

1. BLUE BEAUTYBLUE BEAUTY
Photos by Astronaut Sunita WilliamsPhotos by Astronaut Sunita Williams

2. SANDSTORM LEAVING NORTH
AFRICA TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC –
CANARY ISLAND.

3. GIBRALTAR STRAITS

4. NIGHT ARRIVES
BETWEEN EUROPE & AFRICA

5. SWISS ALPS

6. ICELAND

7. BLACK SEA

8. RED SEA

9. OUR PLANET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE AT NIGHT

15. SPECTACULAR!
Satellite photo of Europe and Africa at night on a cloudless
day.
Lights are already on in Paris, Barcelona but not in
London, Lisbon or Madrid, where there is still daylight.
You can see the Azores in the middle of the ocean. A little
below Madeira and further Canary Islands and Cape Verde.
You can observe the continent platforms from the British
Isles to Canada and Iceland in the middle.

16. France
Iceland
Italy
ContinentalContinental
PlatformPlatformEngland
ÁFRICA
Already night time
here.
Spain
Atlantic
Ocean
Cabo Verde Island
Canary IslandsCanary Islands
Islas de la Madera y Azores

17. Grande São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Belo Horizonte
Salvador
Atlantic
Ocean
Brazilian Continental
Platform.
NIGHTFALL IN BRAZIL

18. Grande São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Salvador
Recife
Fortaleza
Brasília
Goiânia
Uberlândia
Belo Horizonte
Florianópolis

19. NIGHTFALL IN
USA

20. The biggest concentration of
lights (from top to bottom)
are the cities of Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and
Washington.
MiamiHouston
Dallas
Chicago
Still
daylight in
California.
Puerto Rico

21. THE END
TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH AND EDITED MSW 2007
Isn’t this magic ?
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