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Check out this great collection of photos taken by astronauts on the International Space Station and posted to earthlings via Twitter:\u00a0NASA Shutdown Unleashes Beautiful Astronaut Photos on Twitter \u2013 News Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

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US astronaut Karen Nyberg tweeted this striking photo of storm clouds <\/em>
\nabove Ghana \u00a0as seen from the International Space Station.on October 8, 2013. <\/em>
\nCredit: Karen Nyberg\/NASA<\/em><\/p>\n

See many more such photos at\u00a0The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth<\/a>, which also includes videos<\/a>\u00a0taken by the astros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out this great collection of photos taken by astronauts on the International Space Station and posted to earthlings via Twitter:\u00a0NASA Shutdown Unleashes Beautiful Astronaut Photos on Twitter \u2013 News Watch US astronaut Karen Nyberg tweeted this striking photo of storm clouds above Ghana \u00a0as seen from the International Space Station.on October 8, 2013. Credit: … Continue reading Astronauts tweet latest great snapshots of earth<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,17,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eyes-in-the-sky","category-living-in-space","category-multiple-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1i4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2468,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2468","url_meta":{"origin":4964,"position":0},"title":"More artists needed for space + Astronaut Karen Nyberg will be drawing and knitting on the ISS","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Chris Hadfield's music communicates a broader, deeper expression of what spaceflight is like than the usual astronaut interview. 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