# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuzh_0uu8GX
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7992985-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/400ec4a6e5.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-07-17T16:27:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Head in the clouds? ☁️⁣
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The International Space Station (ISS) offers a vantage point like no other. Astronauts aboard the ISS captured these stunning cloud formations as the space station orbited above Earth. ⁣
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Love watching the clouds go by? Download the GLOBE Observer app on your mobile device and you can join the GLOBEprogram community and contribute important scientific data to NASA and GLOBE, your local community, and students and scientists worldwide. ⁣
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By photographing clouds, recording sky observations, and comparing them with NASA satellite data, you can help scientists gain a new perspective on clouds that satellites just can't provide: from the ground looking up! This new perspective will help refine satellite-derived models and enhance scientific understanding of Earth's atmosphere.⁣
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The app is available on the App Store and Google Play. ⁣
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Image descriptions: ⁣
White and pink clouds cover Earth as the space station orbited above the coast of the Red Sea, the northernmost tropical sea in the world. A roll-out solar array is displayed in the bottom right corner of the image.⁣
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Layers of clouds cover North Africa. They have a swirl like appearance and are grouped over the surface. ⁣
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A translucent sheet of clouds cover the sky above North Africa. They divide the image horizontally, glowing in shades of pink and gold. To the bottom right of the image, one of the station's roll-out solar arrays peeks through.⁣
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Credit: NASA⁣
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#NASA #ISS #InternationalSpaceStation #SpaceStation #Earth #Clouds #Astronauts #Photography #Nature #CitizenScience #OpenScience

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citizenscience, spacestation, nature, earth, nasa, internationalspacestation, iss, astronauts, clouds, photography, openscience

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