there appears to be a bit of controversy as to to whether these images were captured from the international space station or from a high-altitude plane. i couldnt find the original source of the photos, but they're still fantastic regardless of where they were taken!
UPDATE: flyingsinger performed a cool simulation experiment which he has shared on his music of the spheres blog. now i'm pretty convinced these shots were not taken from the ISS!
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They were taken from an aerial chase plane.
Thanks Amanda. Another blogger commented on my post with a link to a 2006 forum discussion on these photos on nasaspaceflight.com that says the photos are from NASA WB-57 aircraft.
BTW, I assume the (now missing) "Dr" on your blog header means you finished your PhD. Maybe I missed a post about this, but in any case, congratulations Dr. Bauer!
Six years later the picture is back, but now in a bizarrely manipulated form with the background clouds out of focus. High five to Tineye.com, by the way, which led me to this old posting here and - thanks to Flying Singer's remarks - the origin of the image.
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