Most Amazing Images of Earth from 2010 | Planet Earth Satellite Images, BP Oil Spill, Earthquakes & Volcanoes | Our Amazing Planet

This image taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station shows the various layers of Earth's atmosphere during sunset over the Indian Ocean. A brilliant sequence of colors in the image denotes each of the layers of Earth's atmosphere, which are visible here because the picture was taken while the space station had an edge-on, or limb, view of the Earth. From this vantage point, the Earth's curvature can also be made out.