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ALT Diagram explaining equinoxes. In the center is a yellow circle depicting the Sun. Earth is shown with a line showing how its axis is tilted and Africa is roughly centered on the globe. Behind the Sun (above it in this diagram) is Earth fully lit by sunlight, labeled ‘March Equinox.’ On the right is Earth with its left half in the light and right half in the darkness, labeled ‘December Solstice.’ At the bottom is Earth fully obscured by darkness, labeled ‘September Equinox’. On the left is Earth with its left half in the darkness and right half in the light, labeled ‘June Solstice’.
ALT The city lights of New Orleans, Louisiana, and its suburbs along the Mississippi River and on the shoreline of Lake Pontchartrain are pictured at approximately 1:16 a.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above.
ALT An illustration of the International Space Station over a football field with "NASA" painted in the end zones. The space station and field are about the same size. Credit: NASA
