Before drifting off to tonight, astronaut Scott Kelly (stationcdrkelly) aboard the International Space Station posted this image and wrote, "Day 179. The
#Nile at night is a beautiful sight for these sore eyes. Good night from ISS!
#YearInSpace." Kelly is living and working off the Earth, for the Earth aboard the station for a yearlong mission. Traveling the world about 250 miles above the Earth, and at 17,500 mph, he circumnavigates the globe more than a dozen times a day.
Image Credit: NASA
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