# @iss on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DCKU7_xSC7C
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/53939721-iss-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-11-09T18:52:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** International Space Station (@iss) — https://gondola.cc/iss

## Caption

Sunglint, a mirror-like reflection of sunlight on the water, creates a variety of silvery and golden hues contrasting with the Earth's surface in these stunning images from the orbital outpost.

Pic 1) Western Australia's silhouetted coastline contrasts with the sun's golden-hued glint beaming off a partly cloudy Indian Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 265 miles above the island continent during an orbital sunset.

Pic 2) The sun's glint beams across the English Channel and the North Sea in between southern England and the coasts of France, Belgium and The Netherlands, in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above.

Pic 3) Okavango inland delta in northern Botswana is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member on the International Space Station. The great Okavango delta in the Kalahari Desert is illuminated in the sun's reflection point in this panorama.

Pic 4) The island of Groix is pictured off the northwestern coast of France with the Atlantic Ocean beaming from the sun's glint in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above the English Channel. The rivers (from top left to bottom right) La Laïta, Blavet, and Scorf, including the rivière d'Étel, are seen emptying into the Atlantic.

Pic 5) The sun's glint beams off the Paraguay River which separates a portion of the South American nations of Argentina and Paraguay in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 265 miles above.

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southamerica, botswana, earth, nasa, australia, africa, atlanticocean, space, englishchannel, station, paraguay, indianocean, sun, glint, england, delta, international, france

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