Space Photos of the week

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Earth Aglow
Photograph courtesy ISS, NASA

The "boot" of Italy glitters with nighttime lights, as seen from 220 miles (354 kilometers) above Earth on the International Space Station (ISS) last week. Part of a docked Russian spacecraft is also visible in the foreground.


Cross Reflection
Photograph courtesy NASA, JPL-Caltech, WISE Team

A so-called reflection nebula creates colorful swirls against a backdrop of stars in a new infrared picture, released October 27, from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission.


Seasons Turn on Mars
Photograph courtesy NASA, JPL-Caltech, University of Arizona

Gullies on a Martian sand dune were carved by solid material flowing downhill due to wintertime frost buildup—not liquid water from springtime melt—according to new observations, released October 29, from the high-resolution camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101104-best-space-pictures-station-earth-sun-storm-mars-118/

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Totally breathtaking.