Clouds Cast Thousand Mile Shadows

This incredible picture was taken by Reid Wiseman from the International Space Station.  He shared the picture with the world on twitter, captioning it with “Clouds cast thousand-mile shadows into the black of space. A favorite view of ours.”

ISS: Quick Facts

• It took 136 space flights to build.
• It orbits Earth at 7.71 km/s (4.791 m/s), which is fast enough to go to the moon and return to Earth within a day.
• It has a surface area comparable to an American football field and is similar in size to the Tantive IV, the corvette that carries Princess Leia at the start of A New Hope.
• 211 people, representing 15 countries, have worked on the ISS.