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An astronaut on the International Space Station caught mysterious blue balls in the sky last year. NASA Earth Observatory Share photo Also last year, shortly after I took it. The photo was taken while the International Space Station passed through Southeast Asia. Celestial bodies, which appear in nature outside the Earth, are not as mysterious as you think.

The Earth Observatory is watching our planet while the International Space Station makes its rounds, looking for anything that could help scientists learn and understand things better. Previously, the observatory took a picture Newborn in the Pacific Island. This image, along with this one showing the mysterious blue balls in the sky, could provide new data points for scientists to examine.

The image of the mysterious blue balls in the sky was taken by a crew member of Expedition 66 and obtained on October 30, 2021 – about a year ago. The image was taken with a Nikon D5 digital camera with a focal length of 28 mm, NASA Earth Observatory notes in a post on its website.

While the image might cause some anxiety for anyone looking at it out of context, the mysterious blue orbs are nothing to fear. Instead, both fields have strong, logical reasons behind their existence, says NASA. The first ball, next to the center of the bottom of the image, is lightning.

Image source: NASA’s Earth Observatory

These are usually hidden by dragging. However, since the clouds were not exceptionally heavy in that region of the world, the ISS astronaut was able to catch the mysterious blue ball in the sky that you see in the image above.

The second mysterious ball, which appears on the right edge of the image, is actually the moon. Our Moon is a natural reflector of light – which is why it is so bright as it appears in the night sky. However, on this particular night, given its position in relation to the photographer, it looks more like a mysterious blue circle in the sky and less like the moon we look at every day.

However, even with these mundane explanations behind the balls, seeing these bright blue orbs floating in the sky is exciting, and the picture itself is very captivating. We hope that those aboard the International Space Station will continue to provide exceptional images like this, even NASA suspends the International Space Station from service Sometime in the year 2030.

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