Earth at Night with Aurora, from the ISS
Earth at night with an aurora, photographed in March 2016 by the Expedition 47 crew on the International Space Station. Dark at both top and bottom, so the clock and icon labels both stay crisp.
Free · 1440×2560 px. Tap and hold the opened image (right-click on a computer) to save it.
About this wallpaper
An ISS photograph from NASA's image library (iss047e000320, taken 2 March 2016), cropped to 9:16. Black space and the night side of Earth fill most of the frame, a thin green aurora glows along the boundary between them, and stars scatter across the top. With an average brightness of 33 it is among the darkest wallpapers on the site, and nearly half of its pixels are pure black. A public-domain NASA photograph.
On the home screen
Almost the whole frame is dark, so icon labels read anywhere; just keep the aurora band clear.
On the lock screen
The top is black space, so a white clock reads clearly.
Colors and mood
Black and deep navy, with a single line of aurora green.
Specs
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16
- Resolution
- 1440×2560
- Region
- Neon Forest
- Coordinates
- 11·02
- Sector
- ISLAND III
- Lock-screen clock
- ◎ Clearly readable
- Home screen
- ◎ Icon labels stand out
- Pure black
- 46%
- Brightness
- 33 / 255 · dark
- Artist
- NASA / ISS Expedition 47 · 2016-03-02
- Source
- NASA (public domain)
- License
- Public domain (NASA)
This is a public-domain photograph by NASA. You may use it freely, but not in a way that suggests NASA endorses or is involved with your use. See the license
