File:ISS-30 Moscow, Russia.jpg

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Summary

DescriptionISS-30 Moscow, Russia.jpg	English: Moscow, Russia appears at the centre of this nighttime image photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of approximately 240 miles. A solar array panel for the space station is on the left side of the frame. The view is to the north-northwest from a nadir of approximately 49.4 degrees north latitude and 42.1 degrees east longitude, about 100 miles west-northwest of Volgograd. On the horizon in the background can be seen a small sample of Aurora Borealis, airglow and daybreak.
Date	28 March 2012
Source	http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-30/html/iss030e185321.html
Author	NASA

This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Centre of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ISS030-E-185321.
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Licensing

This file is in the public domain because it was created by the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, of the NASA Johnson Space Centre. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". ( NASA copyright policy page or Conditions of Use of Astronaut Photographs).

Photo source: ISS030-E-185321.

File usage

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Moscow

Metadata

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DateTime subseconds	47
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Date metadata was last modified	08:16, 3 April 2012
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