Athens by night

Athens by night as seen from space.

ESA's Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli took this photo on 30 December 2010 from the International Space Station, where he is serving as a flight engineer with Cady Coleman, Dmitri Kondratyev, Oleg Skripochka, Alexander Kaleri and commander Scott Kelly.

Paolo’s MagISStra mission is Europe’s third long-duration mission on the ISS. He will land back to Earth in June 2010.