The long shadows of sunrise seen from space.

Taken from the International Space Station as it orbited off the coast of the Philippines northeast of Manila. The full-size source image can be found here:

Nature really knows how to put on a show. 🌅✨

From the ground, sunrise feels peaceful. From space, it looks absolutely enormous. Perspective changes everything.

The most disgusting hour of the day

Look at all those people brushing their teeth. Something I heard Richard Feynman say

You can see the curvature of Earth, the glow of the atmosphere, and shadows long enough to feel like they belong to another world. This is sunrise as only orbit can show it.

Light illuminates, shadows define