Europe and its nightlights, seen from the ISS

Europe and its nightlights, seen from the ISS, a photo by europeanspaceagency on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Europe at night, captured by ESA astronaut André Kuipers onboard the ISS. In shot is the Soyuz TMA-03M module that carried André to the ISS in December 2011, and a Russian Progress freighter.

André is onboard the ISS as part of ESA's long duration mission, PromISSe. For further information on the mission, please visit: www.esa.int/SPECIALS/PromISSe/index.html

Credits: ESA/NASA