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Earth from space, nebulae and galaxies — space wallpapers

30 wallpapers cropped to 9:16 from photographs released by NASA and ESA/Hubble: the night side of Earth, auroras and the Milky Way photographed by crews aboard the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle and Artemis II, and nebulae and galaxies from the Hubble Space Telescope. Most have black space at the top, so the lock-screen clock reads clearly. Every page lists the source, the image ID and the license (public domain or CC BY 4.0). Sorted by the darkness of the clock band.

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A coastal city at night from the International Space Station: orange city lights spreading along a black sea.

Ember Coast 04·02

San Diego's Coastline at Night, from the ISS

Aurora seen from the Space Shuttle: a band of white and pink light glowing along the horizon under a star-flecked black sky.

Neon Forest 10·00

Aurora Australis Glowing along the Horizon (STS-62)

Earth's limb seen from the Space Shuttle: a thin blue line of atmosphere wrapped in green aurora.

Neon Forest 11·01

Aurora Australis Wrapping Earth's Blue Limb (STS-45)

Photograph from the International Space Station: a band of green aurora glowing along Earth's limb beneath black, star-filled space.

Neon Forest 11·03

Aurora over the Night Side of Earth, from the ISS

Earth from the Space Shuttle: green aurora standing at a slant above a bright, cloud-covered surface.

Glass Tundra 00·03

Aurora Australis above Sunlit Clouds (STS-39)

Photograph from the International Space Station: green aurora glowing along Earth's limb beneath black space and stars.

Neon Forest 11·02

Earth at Night with Aurora, from the ISS

Aurora photographed from the Space Shuttle: a twist of green light stretching vertically on black.

Neon Forest 10·01

A Corkscrew Aurora Australis (STS-45)

Hubble image: countless tiny galaxies of different colors and shapes scattered across pure black space.

Cyber Reef 06·06

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Aurora photographed from the Space Shuttle: green curtains filling the frame against black space.

Neon Forest 10·03

Aurora Australis from Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-47)

New Delhi at night from the International Space Station: a starry sky and band of airglow above, blazing white city lights below.

Ember Coast 04·03

New Delhi's Night Lights under a Starry Sky, from the ISS

A city at night from the International Space Station: dense white and yellow lights on black ground.

Ember Coast 05·03

Night Lights around Hamburg, from the ISS

A mountain range at night from the International Space Station: snowy ridges pale in the moonlight, with orange town lights strung along the valleys.

Glass Tundra 00·02

Moonlit Snow around Mont Blanc at Night, from the ISS

Night Earth from the International Space Station: green aurora arcing along the limb with red light and Milky Way stars above.

Neon Forest 10·02

Aurora Australis and the Milky Way over the Indian Ocean, from the ISS

The Milky Way through a spacecraft's round window: a band of stars inside the dark rim of the frame, with the glow of Earth's limb below.

Tide Hollow 02·04

The Milky Way through Dragon's Window, by Don Pettit

Hubble image: purple and pink gas spreading like butterfly wings in black space.

Velvet Bay 07·05

The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302), from Hubble

The Milky Way from the Artemis II Orion spacecraft: a band of countless stars crossing the frame diagonally, with a pale pink nebula at upper right.

Dream Steppe 07·01

Starstruck: the Milky Way Photographed by the Artemis II Crew

The Milky Way photographed from the International Space Station: countless stars and dark dust lanes filling the frame, with the faint dark shape of a spacecraft at lower left.

Velvet Bay 06·05

The Milky Way beyond Dragon Endeavour, from the ISS

Hubble image: several galaxies drawn close together in black space.

Cyber Reef 05·07

Stephan's Quintet, from Hubble

Washington, D.C. at night from the International Space Station: a black river winding through an orange grid of city lights.

Ember Coast 06·03

Washington, D.C. and the Potomac at Night, from the ISS

Hubble image: a galaxy trailing a long tail through black space, with countless small galaxies scattered behind it.

Cyber Reef 05·06

The Tadpole Galaxy and a Backdrop of Distant Galaxies, from Hubble

Hubble infrared image: the dark, horse-head-shaped cloud of gas rising against a star-filled sky.

Velvet Bay 07·07

The Horsehead Nebula, from Hubble

Hubble image: a bubble of blue-violet gas floating against clouds of red and orange.

Cyber Reef 04·06

The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635), from Hubble

Hubble image: a cluster of blue-white stars glowing within brown and red clouds of gas.

Velvet Bay 07·06

The Orion Nebula (M42), from Hubble

Hubble image: a white disc-shaped galaxy edged with a dark dust lane, lying in black space.

Cyber Reef 05·04

The Sombrero Galaxy (M104), from Hubble