Cosmic colors at sunrise; never get tired of seeing what the new day brings

When seen at night from space, Southeast Asia looks like the most colorful and vibrant place on Earth. This timelapse is a rainbow of fishing boats, multi-spectrum city lights, thunderstorms, offshore platforms, and fires.

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Sidereal views from SpaceX Dragon.

Beijing, China seen from orbit. Streetlight patterns remind me of a circuit board, with the Forbidden City at its heart.

Orbiting the Himalayas mountain range. Mount Everest is in this photo, with much of Nepal visible as well.

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A star trail made from this video, visualizing how each satellite in the train cuts a white path into the exposure.

My best sighting of a Starlink satellite "train" from orbit!

Mount Etna photographed in near infrared. One of the world's most active volcanoes and often seen smoking from orbit.

I took these images on my first mission to the ISS in 2003. They are old but great visuals of the effect.

The Belt of Venus, seen from the ISS. An atmospheric phenomena where the setting sun projects light past Earth's horizon curve, layered over its shadow. Twilight observers on Earth see a pink band over the approaching dark, opposite the sun. From orbit we see it all at once.

Auroras meeting the Milky Way galaxy.

Whenever you see the ISS from Earth, WE aboard the ISS cannot see you! When ISS is exposed in sunlight, our window reflectivity blinds us! We can only see you when you cannot see us! Same effect as how you cannot see through your kitchen window at night when the lights are on!

Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, seen at night from the ISS. A bright light in the dark of the surrounding desert.

Comet C/2023 A3 on atmosphere's edge, as seen from the ISS.

Starlink satellites greeting us with clustered flashes! New and frequent visual phenomena in my orbital star trails, like fireflies caught by long exposure.

Sunglint off rivers in the Amazon making a glowing fractal pattern rendered in black and white.

The Milky Way, From Above & Below Brazil, space photography in collaboration with National Geographic.

The lush Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, when viewed in near-infrared, appears as a highly reflective magenta, characteristic of healthy vegetation.

Thunderstorms over Maui

Washington, DC at night

High altitude auroras