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Witness The Moon, Venus, Jupiter And Earth From The ISS

By Andrew Liptak Published August 1, 2015, 9:00 pm ET

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Astronaut Scott Kelly has been providing us some spectacular images during his time in orbit, but this shot might be one of the coolest ones thus far: Venus, Earth, Jupiter and the Moon, all in the frame.

Day 114. #Moon #Venus #Jupiter…#Earth Good night from @space_station! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/GsOxOKt34S

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) July 19, 2015

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