Night Lights . ... Credit Copyright: ISS Expedition 25 , NASA Explanation: Constellations of lights sprawl across this night scene , but they don't belong in the skies of planet Earth . Instead, the view looks down from the International Space Station as it passed over the United States along the northern Gulf Coast on October 29. ... Looking east along the coast to the top of the frame finds Mobile, Alabama while Houston city lights stand out to the west, toward the bottom. ...