Some cool space images:

Great Lakes and Central U.S. Viewed From the International Space Station

Image by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
From the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore took this photograph of the Great Lakes and central U.S. on Dec. 7, 2014

This week on the station, the Expedition 42 crew has been busy with medical science and spacesuit work while preparing for the arrival of SpaceX’s Dragon commercial cargo craft, scheduled to launch on Dec. 16 on a two day trip to the station before it is captured by the Canadarm2 and berthed to the Harmony node.

Image Credit: NASA/Barry Wilmore

Persian Gulf (NASA, International Space Station, 12/30/11)

Image by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
This almost vertical scene of the Persian Gulf was photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 30, 2011. A Russian spacecraft, docked to the orbital outpost, is seen at left edge of frame.

Image credit: NASA

Original image: spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-30/html/…

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Hurricane Ike (NASA, International Space Station Science, 09/10/08)

Image by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Colleen, this one is for you, per request… 🙂

Hurricane Ike, seen by the crew of the International Space Station, flying 220 statute miles above Earth. The center of the hurricane was near 23.8 degrees north latitude and 85.3 degrees west longitude, moving 300 degrees at 7 nautical miles per hour. The sustained winds were 80 nautical miles per hour with gusts to 100 nautical miles per hour and forecast to intensify.

Image credit: NASA

More about the Crew Earth Observation experiment aboard the International Space Station:
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More about space station science:
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