The International Space Station flies approximately 400 kilometres over thunderstorms visible during a nighttime pass.
Lightning can be seen flashing brightly inside the clouds below. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft (left) and Progress spacecraft (right) are seen in the foreground.
Originally published by Cosmos as Space station storm-chaser
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