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Europe and night lights from the space

(via Flickr blog). A nice display of night space pictures on Flickr on the European Space Agency profile, taken by astronaut André Kuipers who is now aboard the ISS. Using a special night pod to compensate for the station's movement and therefore allowing quite spectacular pictures to be taken! Have a look, there is plenty of recognizable spots which have been framed by the astronaut.

Although it should not surprise today, it's still quite amazing for me how someone orbiting around Earth can simply update his Flickr account with shots from a Space Station!