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| This cloudy extraterrestrial view of the earth was captured in 2017 from the International Space Station by European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli. |
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻. 𝗜𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿. 𝗔 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸: 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗜𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝘁𝗼-𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲-𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘆, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝘁.
~ Samantha Harvey, 𝘖𝑟𝘣𝑖𝘵𝑎𝘭: 𝐴 𝑁𝘰𝑣𝘦𝑙
Wishing all cloudspotters everywhere a new year full of wonder and beauty. 
