This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product Frankfurt at night. Photographed by astronauts aboard the Inter

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This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product Frankfurt at night. Photographed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station 12th April 2012. The picture was taken using a camera aid called NightPod. Nightpod tracks the Earth automatically as it moves below the Space Station resulting in images that are sharper and have more detail compared to manually taken photographs.

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Photo credit: © EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY/NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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