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title: "Milky Way on the Horizon"
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# Milky Way on the Horizon

[![The Milky Way galaxy, filled with stars, is on the left side of the image. On the right side, Earth looks like a giant green marble with a bright curved outline (Earth's atmosphere).](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/milky-way-on-the-horizon.jpg?resize=696%2C464&ssl=1)](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/milky-way-on-the-horizon-1.jpg?ssl=1)

*NASA/Don Pettit*

[NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and long duration settings to capture this Jan. 29, 2025, image of the Milky Way appearing beyond Earth’s horizon. At the time, the [International Space Station](https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/) was orbiting 265 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile just before sunrise.

Pettit is part of the Expedition 72 crew, along with [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Nick Hague. The orbital residents are exploring a variety of space phenomena to benefit humans on and off the Earth including pharmaceutical manufacturing, advanced life support systems, genetic sequencing in microgravity, and more.

[Read the Space Station blog to follow their activities.](https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/)

*Image credit: [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/)/Don Pettit*

Source: NASA