Views of The South Atlantic Ocean | International Space Station

Views of The South Atlantic Ocean | International Space Station

A set of remote South Atlantic islands, the Falkland Islands, peek through the clouds as the International Space Station orbits 270 miles above Earth off the coast of South America. Malvinas is the Spanish name for the Falkland Islands. The Falklands is a British Overseas Territory. The Russian segment of the International Space Station can be seen to the right of the image, while a pair of solar arrays are partially shown on the left.

The International Space Station was orbiting 270 miles above the south Atlantic Ocean about 350 miles north of South Georgia Island when this photograph was taken. In the top foreground, portions of the station's main solar array and roll-out solar array are also pictured.

An almost-full moon glows in the back as the space station orbits 268 miles above the coast of Argentina.

Clouds cover Earth and the orbital lab's solar arrays are shown in the top left corner as the space station orbits 270 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina.

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Capture Date: July 2, 2023

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