This stunning Earth image taken by the Expedition 47 crew on 31 May 2016, from the International Space Station looks from nw China on the bottom into eastern Kazakhstan. The large lake in Kazakhstan with golden sun glint is the crescent-shaped Lake Balkhash, the second largest lake in Central Asia. Lake Balkhash sits in the Balkhash-Alakol depression in southeastern Kazakhstan and stretches over 7,115 square miles. A unique version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA

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Size: 4928px × 3280px
Location: Earth Orbit. Kazakhstan to China
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
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