NASA astronaut shares stunning photos of sunrise on the space station

First moments of sunrise from @Space_Station. pic.twitter.com/jF1AXea4N4

— Bob Behnken (@AstroBehnken) July 27, 2020

Since being shared, the post has received over 58,000 likes with more than 90,000 people reacting to it. Here’s how people reacted:

Nice pictures I always wondered how it was sunrise for you guys on space

— Rafael Maria (@rafasm_oficial) July 27, 2020

That is amazing. Not a visible star. Just a sliver of light in the abyss of darkness.

— Nanc Branch (@BranchNanc) July 27, 2020

astronauts get to enjoy their morning coffee several times each day. 😎

— Gdiddy (@gnelson19561) July 27, 2020

wow beautiful photos bob i wish you and Doug a safe return to earth i will be watching live

— Emily rebecca (@Emilyrebecca11) July 27, 2020

Bob, I think you should stay up there for a very long time and send us amazing picture like these. You are truly a gifted photographer on top of everything else you do up there. We appreciate you.

— Kouros (@KourosMohit) July 27, 2020

Not one star in space. Amazing!

— 🐻 hcir erp (@King960084197) July 27, 2020

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— Audrey Rose (@MrsARose1) July 27, 2020

Thanks for the sharing. Amazing and nice pictures as always. I discovered the earth from the ISS with our French local @Thom_astro . Great time over our beautiful home.

— matt vandersson (@VanderssonMatt) July 27, 2020

Totally awesome and better than my view. On earth😷. I would say stay as long as you can to see God’s great big world but I know the family and team members on earth are missing you; so, safe flight back and thanks for sharing science and God’s world.

— E. Smith (@Erv461) July 28, 2020

The International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth every 90 minutes and sees 16 sunrises a day.

Behnken, along with Doug Hurley travelled to the ISS in SpaceX’s first manned flight in May. They are expected to return to Earth on August 2, spending two months in space.