JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this photo of southern Europe and the northwestern Mediterranean coast from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Earth on Aug. 30, 2025. At left, the Po Valley urban corridor in Italy shines with the metropolitan areas of Milan and Turin and their surrounding suburbs.
Crew members aboard the orbital lab have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, oceans, and atmosphere of Earth, and even of the Moon through Crew Earth Observations. Their photographs of Earth record how the planet changes over time due to human activity and natural events. This allows scientists to monitor disasters and direct response on the ground and study a number of phenomena, from the movement of glaciers to urban wildlife.
Image credit: JAXA/Kimiya Yui
日本宇宙航空研究开发机构（JAXA）宇航员油井龟美也（Kimiya Yui）于2025年8月30日，在国际空间站距地球261英里的轨道上拍摄了这张欧洲南部与西北地中海沿岸的照片。画面左侧，意大利波河流域的城市走廊灯火通明，米兰、都灵及其周边都会区清晰可见。
空间站的宇航员通过地球观测项目（Crew Earth Observations）已拍摄了数十万张关于地球陆地、海洋、大气，甚至月球的图像。这些影像记录了地球因人类活动与自然事件而发生的长期变化，使科学家能够监测灾害并指导地面应急响应，同时研究从冰川运动到城市野生动物等各种现象。
图片来源: JAXA/Kimiya Yui
