<p>Solar panels and the end of a robotic arm hover high above the city lights of Europe in a newly released picture taken from the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html">International Space Station</a>.</p><p>The brightest lights at bottom center come from Belgium and the Netherlands, while the glow of the British Isles is partially obscured by the solar arrays at left.</p>

European Vista

Solar panels and the end of a robotic arm hover high above the city lights of Europe in a newly released picture taken from the International Space Station.

The brightest lights at bottom center come from Belgium and the Netherlands, while the glow of the British Isles is partially obscured by the solar arrays at left.

Photograph courtesy NASA

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