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The International Space Station's robotic arm over a night-time Earth, 24 August 2021.
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet commented on this picture: "The SSRMS, also known as Canadarm2 for those who don't like acronyms, and DEXTRE, the two-armed smaller robot, hanging out in front of our window and lighting up their red lights at night. Feels like the deck of a ship in the night!"