"In the 25 years since the first permanent crew docked at the International Space Station, fewer than 300 people have experienced what life is like there, 250 miles above Earth. The rest of us can only imagine it. So, for NASA astronauts like Don Pettit, taking photographs of our planet while aboard the ISS is a way to share the experience with people on the ground."
""It's a labor of love," Pettit said of his photography in an interview from space in December 2024. "That's what astronauts spend a lot of their off-duty time doing: doing imagery, collecting the photographs that go with the memories to tell the story of what it's like up here.""
2025 marked 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station, where fewer than 300 people have lived 250 miles above Earth. Astronauts regularly photograph the planet to document and share views of weather, auroras, sunrises, rivers, and city lights. NASA released thousands of these images in 2025, including shots of deadly hurricanes and lightning from above. Photographing from the ISS poses technical challenges such as window reflections, but microgravity allows large camera setups and lenses that would be cumbersome on Earth. Astronauts devote off-duty time to imagery to preserve memories and convey life in orbit.
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